Is this normal?

[SeaLander]

When you take the horizontal exhast valve cover off should oil spil out? About a shot glass full spilled out when I took it off.

This is my first time doing a valve adjustment myself. It seems like if I push harder on the closing rocker arm I can fit a larger feeler guage in the gap. How do you know if your pushing to hard or can you?

Thanks agian!

[Speeddog]

That amount of oil is normal.

Not sure how to describe how hard to push via internet. 

[brad black]

hard enough to make your pushing implement slip off the closing rocker and then let your hand fire into the sharp edges of the rocker cover seating area taking skin from every available area, leaving you with the overwhelming urge to kick the mofo off whatever is holding it up and jump on it, is too hard.

[hypurone]

hard enough to make your pushing implement slip off the closing rocker and then let your hand fire into the sharp edges of the rocker cover seating area taking skin from every available area, leaving you with the overwhelming urge to kick the mofo off whatever is holding it up and jump on it, is too hard.

     

[scott_araujo]

hard enough to make your pushing implement slip off the closing rocker and then let your hand fire into the sharp edges of the rocker cover seating area taking skin from every available area, leaving you with the overwhelming urge to kick the mofo off whatever is holding it up and jump on it, is too hard.

Though it's winter and cold, so you'll see your hand start bleeding for about 3-4 seconds before you feel the searing pain.  This may make you want to kick the bike harder than in the summer.

A firm press is all that's needed.  If you need to shift to a better position to get leverage or are worried about slipping off that's too much.

Scott

[battlecry]

Unlike Brad, I always begin every complex maintenance operation on my bike by dropping it on the floor and kicking it, that way I do not have to wait for the bleeding to start.

[pennyrobber]

hard enough to make your pushing implement slip off the closing rocker and then let your hand fire into the sharp edges of the rocker cover seating area taking skin from every available area, leaving you with the overwhelming urge to kick the mofo off whatever is holding it up and jump on it, is too hard.

This is the kind of wisdom only found through experience.

[NoisyDante]

hard enough to make your pushing implement slip off the closing rocker and then let your hand fire into the sharp edges of the rocker cover seating area taking skin from every available area, leaving you with the overwhelming urge to kick the mofo off whatever is holding it up and jump on it, is too hard.

Sounds similar to when I tried adjusting my shock absorbers preload and racked my knuckles on the frame.  Ouch.  I forget what I punted, but something did indeed get punted.

[scott_araujo]

Saw some basic mechanic tip somewhere: you should always pull a wrench, not push it.  Makes sense.  I don't slip as badly when pulling, All my knuckle busters are from pushing.  Of course given tight confines of any machine it's not always possible.

Scott

[uclabiker06]

From my experience (doing it the first time) you don't have to push it quite as hard as you would think.  But you are right in that the harder you push the more clearance there seems to be.  Kind of confused me too the first time around.  Anyways take your belts off to finalize the closing clearance.