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  2. From: andyh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Andrew J. Huang)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
  4. Subject: Re: Hydraulic Valve Adjuster, What Are?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov10.192150.10822@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
  6. Date: 10 Nov 92 19:21:50 GMT
  7. References: <92314.100241KXN2@psuvm.psu.edu> <1992Nov9.172532.19577@linus.mitre.org>
  8. Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System)
  9. Organization: Brandeis University
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  12. >BTW, I don't really understand the desmodromic system.  Anyone
  13. >care to explain?
  14.  
  15. I think they're camshafts and valves built like crankshafts and
  16. pistons.  Quite complicated to build, nearly impossible to adjust for
  17. valve clearance but they never encounter valve "float" at sane RPMs.
  18.  
  19. Or I could be entirely wrong.
  20.  
  21. -andy
  22.