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Holy hell... I cannot believe I made the title of this "powdercoated needed" and diddnt realize it until now. I am a jackass.

Dope. Ill check him out then Udell. Elyria is closer than Sandusky.

Noice... sounds fun. I want to have something along those lines one day. I would settle with a dual sport though, but i bet its no comparison.

Hahah.. yeah.. The harbor frieght setup is just the powdercoat spray equipment? Cant you just use a normal oven to bake your parts if they are small enough? I pmed Mike and gave him my phone number.

Do it. Build the go cart and have your fun then sell it too.

Does he has an oven large enough to fit multiple people in? cos its gotta be pretty big for the pieces my dad wants done.

Awesome. Thanks man. I appreciate it much. I wish i had some RC51 rims for him to powdercoat... haha...

I have some small bits I want powder coated. My dad also has some things he wants done for his car. The reason why I'mo posting this is because instead of chroming he wants to get the trim for his car done in black. I think they are somewhere around 6 to 8 feet long. Does anyone know a powder coater with a oven large enough to handle that kind of item? Thanks guys.

Nice, Great thread. I will keep this in mind if i ever go to a dealer.

yeah i measured them all but im just not confident on my measurements. first guage drags a bit, second gauge drags and feels healthy and the third still fits but drags too much it feels like. I think i got it good. I just measured them all twice and thats it for today. Going to measure them again and when im sure i got it right then ill pull the cams and check the shims. I have been workin slowly for like 5 days so it seems pretty manageable. Definitely worth saving the 8 hours of labor at whatever ungodly rate the dealer charges. I have Sills Honda pretty close to me so i called to ask about the adjustment and after he quoted 3 (check) and 5 (adjust) i said i had my bike part and am checking the clearances, hoping they would take the bike as it sits and just check the valves and adjust them but dude "doesnt even want to touch it" because i opened it up already. seemed kind of like a prick. I bet if i put it all back together he wouldnt have a problem charging me 3-500 bucks to adjust them

im positive that the cams must come out. once i got the gas tank, air box, throttle bodies, radiator and valve cover out of the way the valve clearance doesn't seem nearly as hard. I just called cleveland akron honda and they said they'll swap me shims no problem, so im not too worried about getting the right ones. Im just worried about getting all the clearances properly measured and once im sure of that then i can pull the cams and buckets out to measure the shims. Exhausts are sopposed to be from like .009 to .012 and the intakes at like .007 to .009 or something like that and my exhausts are like at .007 and the intakes are around .004. It seems easier too doing it bit by bit, I started taking the bike apart last tuesday and as long as you dont try to get it all done at once it takes a bit of the load off your mind. I just have to keep telling myself to take my time...

I am getting the feeling of it a bit. The .005 wont go in but the .004 will. But I can feel if it is easier to get past the cam , or it feels the same sliding back and forth, but some it seems like there is a little too much drag on the guage. Mine have a slight bend at the end of each guage, they are not completely flat. they look sort of like this: ____/ only not such a extreme bend. My valves have buckets that the shims are under. This is definitely different than the Ninja 250 valves when i did them. This seems easy though, just check the clearances and write them down, then check them three more times just to make sure the numbers are right, then you just pull the cams, check the thickness of all the shims and do the math for the differences, then just triple check the numbers again and put all the right shims in all the correct places and button them up. Seems easier than the 250 valves in the sense that you dont have to check clearance, adjust the valve then rotate the engine and do it again. As long as you get all your numbers right you just put in the correct shims and you should be good to go. If as many of mine are off like how they are i think i just wasted money on the shim kit, im betting i am going to need more than three of some of these shims, and thats all that came in the kit. Ill have to see after i do the math. Every one i have checked so far have not even been close to what the clearances should be. On the bright side it should run beautifully when it is all done. If they were that off it should feel like a brand new bike. I just saw that on some of these shims HOT CAMS is spelled HOT CMAS. oops...

Yeah that s where im at. My intakes are sopposed to be .007 to .009 and the .005 is hard to get in, like wont clear at all and the .004 seems too easy, but it still has a little drag. You should be able to get teh bend of the guage all the way past the cam lobe and through the other side right? these are the first two i am checking and they are WAY out of spec..... Im just making sure that i shouldnt buy better feelers..

The feeler guages I have are from like .001 to .010 (i think). Is that what you guys use on your bikes? I am wondering if i can or should get some that are more accurate or have smaller or in between increments.

Been slowly dismantling my bike and cleaning parts over the last four days. finally got the radiator off and the valve cover out of the way. Those throttle bodies do not like to come off when those boots are cold or stuck on good. now just have to measure my clearances. hope i can get the cams back on time okay, thats the only thing im nervous about.