Valve Clearance Check and Shim Replacement on a Triumph Bonneville

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Valve Clearance Check and Shim Replacement on a Triumph Bonneville

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Chris Ironhardt

Күн бұрын

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@gfranks5080 Жыл бұрын

This video is one of the best ive seen. I followed the procedures to the T, used the supplied excel calculator, replaced the shims and now she's running like new again. Thanks Chris!!!

@steveriddel2436 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic guide. I'll be doing the valve check on my Thruxton for the first time myself and this video has given me the confidence that I can do the adjustments if necessary.

@VincentBalek 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this very help full tutorial 👍, I did this maintenance yesterday and everything went without any trouble. The excel shim calculator file was great as well. Good job

@ryancooper4381 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Straight to the point without all the extra babble that most seem to have!

@bobmitchell9995 Жыл бұрын

Well made video, concise, to the point, accurate and very helpful. Many thanks.

@SuckBangBlowRepeat 2 жыл бұрын

Nice man! Excellent video with all the pertinent details! Thank you good sir!

@ramoncruz9910 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This was very helpful. I will be doing this inside my garage thanks to you. Excellent video. Thank you. 🤙👍

@artgibson8505 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks for being on point and concise.

@juliekohler4106 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for being clear and concise. I’ll be referring to this video a few more times before I dive into my project.

@maloneparado7668 11 ай бұрын

awesome video! excel spread sheet is gold

@kmattar 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the great quality instructional video

@tylermcdonald8965 6 ай бұрын

Wow killer video dude! Great work!

@strapped2time Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@SeanBietz 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video, best I've seen on the subject!

@JulietHotelFoxtrot 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@privatetom 5 ай бұрын

Love you man! That's it, life saver!

@bertsbike 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Learned a lot!

@Hoodeene Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this Video!! Now i know i have to go with my Thruxton 1200 2019 to the Workshop. I cant do this at home :-)

@andreasfalt8691 3 жыл бұрын

Well produced but you lost me at ”remove the camshaft” 😅 Think I will support my local workshop instead...

@gamlebardun Жыл бұрын

Its worth the first part and just check! If all is good, no need to send it to a workshop😊

@javierdiazgonzalez795 2 жыл бұрын

Man great tutorial but there is one thing you've made wrong!! ATTENTION. When you replace the washers of the valve cover, you put them upside down. THE COPPER PART HAS TO BE FACING UP!! This make sense taking into account that above it there is a screw.

@bernibeckmann9753 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you.

@gdslick 3 жыл бұрын

Good video, thanks

@woodly1069 11 ай бұрын

Hey Chris, nice video, very informative and it gets a thumbs up from me. Can I ask what year Binnie this is? It's a beautiful machine!

@fdevries3647 5 ай бұрын

Awesome

@rosstisbury1626 3 жыл бұрын

very helpfull thanks

@mcboomboom0078 2 жыл бұрын

Super well done! Great job and thank you. What year Bonneville is that? I’m getting ready to do this to my ‘01and I’m wondering if those clearance values are the same as the ‘01…

@robducharme7901 2 жыл бұрын

Can a zip tie be used instead of the bolt you ground down? Thanks for the video!

@romanbarrera7777 2 жыл бұрын

I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS FROM MEXICO CITY, SOME DO HAVE SUBTITLES OTHERS DO NOT, I WOULD LIKE THIS COULD YOU PUT SUBTITLES BECAUSE MY ENGLISH IS NOT VERY GOOD AND I AM SOON TO DO THE VALVE ADJUSTMENT ON MY TRIUMPH SCRAMBLER 865 CC AIR-COOLED GREETINGS AND THANKS FOR THE GUIDE

@flirtingdisaster 3 жыл бұрын

Ha, this is an IKEA Hammer!

@GergelyPal. Жыл бұрын

I would like to ask what is the tightening torque of the camshaft holder bolts?

@johnnysprocketz 3 жыл бұрын

legit

@garydavis2265 Жыл бұрын

Great video,I dread shim valve adjustments. My question,and it might be incredibly stupid, why is this called a SOHC,there are two cams,right? What am i missing?

@littlewicky1 Жыл бұрын

It's a DOHC, since like you said there are 2 cams.

@garydavis2265 Жыл бұрын

Ok,I have a 2023 street twin 900,it is a sohc according to the literature. Is that an air cooled bonneville you are working on? Does my bike have rocker arm activation? This is my first non Japanese motorcycle

@garydavis2265 Жыл бұрын

And thanks by the way

@littlewicky1 Жыл бұрын

@@garydavis2265 it looks like you are right. The engine in your bike is a SOHC. My understanding of the Street Twin was to be an more inexpensive bike than the Bonneville.

@garydavis2265 Жыл бұрын

After doing a little research it appears that all 2016 and on bonnevilles are sohc

@SteelJM1 2 жыл бұрын

Crikey, this is why i hate shim and bucket style valve actuation. I may need to adjust the rocker arms on my bike more often (though that hasn't proven true yet) but it takes all of ten minutes and two tools.

@robinrobinrobinwong 3 жыл бұрын

when would a timing chain replacement be needed?

@critterIMHO Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not, this is why I will never own another Triumph. Screw type valve adjusters are just so much easier to deal with.

@gamlebardun Жыл бұрын

Is the new t120 valve check and shim replacement the same?

@NatsWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

How did you line the backlash gear back up mine shifted slightly on removal like yours did

@JamesPhillips-xi8kt 6 ай бұрын

Mine just moved half a cog. What did you do?

@gfranks5080 Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. The spreadsheet app is saying I can view only. I sent a request to be able to edit. Is there anything I'm doing wrong to not be able to edit or add my own data?

@ChrisIronhardt Жыл бұрын

Hi - you can click File -> make a copy for your own editable version.

@haippics 2 жыл бұрын

There is no gasket to replace on the valve cover? Or is there any?

@ChrisIronhardt 2 жыл бұрын

You can replace the gasket on the valve cover. I just reused my old one because it was in good shape. I have not had any leak issues since doing this maintenance 18 months ago

@JohnDoe-he2yf Жыл бұрын

How many miles did this bike have on it

@edisonyoukhana5035 3 жыл бұрын

How do I get access to shim size calculator (spreadsheet) thanks.

@ChrisIronhardt 3 жыл бұрын

You can click File -> Make a Copy

@edisonyoukhana5035 3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisIronhardt Thank you.

@JacobVaughan 11 ай бұрын

Reason i don't buy Triumph...Massive drama of taking cam shafts out / verify timing just to adjust valves. lol no thanks.Give me a screw tappet or hydraulic lifter anyday.

@Super2wheeler 3 жыл бұрын

Why can't you just buy new factory shims? Why do you need to get special ones with different thicknesses? I have 24,000 miles on mine and never checked them yet.

@StRYCH9ofFOCR 3 жыл бұрын

The factory shims are not one thickness across the board. Manufacturing tolerances make it necessary to use an array of thicknesses for the shims to get the clearances correct. With miles on the engine, you must now factor in wear. The only way to get them right is through the measuring and calculating process. My bike is at 15K miles and it appears that the valve adjustment was never done. I will require four new shims on my adjustment. It really isn't hard to do.

@Super2wheeler 3 жыл бұрын

@@StRYCH9ofFOCR Thanks for the info. My bike is running fine. Maybe I'll do the work this off season.