05-08-2018, 11:32 PM
Just wanted to give the team an update: Everything I need to remove from the bike to check my valve clearances, except the valve cover itself, has been removed. I actually made a flow chart, with the FSM page numbers shown, to help me while I flipped back and forth between about ten sections of the FSM to do this, that helped a lot. Working 10 and 11 hour days has reduced the time available to work on my bike, but if I can get out of work at a decent time today I plan to inspect the valve clearance tonight. I cannot find a feeler gauge with .01 mm increments, so I'll just use my gauges that have .001 inch increments. I'm praying that none of the valves require adjustment. I removed one spark plug and it looks as good as new (14,000+ miles), but I plan on replacing the plugs ayway. I ordered the spark plug socket that Ferret recommended.