At 10:40 PM 7/31/02 -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
>I'm not suggesting that you actually adjust your valves without a guage,
>but .... if I tighten the valve until it is just touching, then back it
>off 3/8 of a turn, it is really close to .015"....
Uh, not that close. The screw is 24 threads per inch. The rocker arm
ratio is 1.42:1, so that amplifies the motion of the screw. As the
calculation goes,
0.015/1.42 x 24 = 0.25 turns.
Easier than you thought?
Barney Gaylord
1958 MGA with an attitude
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