Valve adjusting tool?

[madcow]

Where, apart from a yamaha dealer, can I get the valve adjusting tool (part # ym-08035 according to my manual)? I'm guessing my dealer's gonna charge me something crazy.

 

[jasonp]

go get a set of feeler gauges.. all you need.

 

[madcow]

So you can just use a pair of pliers or something? I haven't looked at the adjuster so it's not like I could've known that.

 

[jasonp]

So you can just use a pair of pliers or something? I haven't looked at the adjuster so it's not like I could've known that.

Sure.. and a metric cresent.
I think the adjuster is like a 10mm nut with a small square drive.

 

[griff]

A #2 sheet-metal screw with a square-bit head works great on the adjuster. I just screwed one into a piece of round wood to function as a handle/grip.

Cheap and easy.

 

[madcow]

Makes sense, I'll figure out something then. I though the head was some weird shape or something.

 

[jholmes135]

i think the smaller sqaure nut is a 4mm or maybe a 4.5mm. use an ingnition wrench.

 

[jholmes135]

...also, get the specs from the book for the gap and make sure the feeler guage set you buy has the right one. I had 6 sets of feelers and only 1 had the right guage.

 

[madcow]

Yea I'll remember that, I'll just take that page with me to the store when I buy it.