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- From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
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- Subject: Re: Hydraulic Valve Adjuster, What Are?
- Date: 12 Nov 1992 19:19:51 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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- mchaffee@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (REAL LIFE?!?! HA!!) writes:
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- >lobe that changes the tension (?) of the valve train for each valve. On some
- >engines (The only ones I *KNOW* use this are some old Alfas), the owner/main-
- >tainer must place little metal shims between the cam follower and the valves.
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- Lots of Jap motorcycles use shims (as do lots of Fiats). Rugged, light
- and cheap.
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- Jon Hacker
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