Suzuki GS500 Valve Adjustment

[@brettwybrew6588]

You are a bloody legend, Thanks for giving your time up to show how to do the valve adjustment. I pick up my GS500 2006 model with 20,000K's (12,400 miles) on it next Wednesday. Will be my first motorbike. Thanks again from Gold Coast Australia.

[@ThePsvan]

I went through the exact same thing with the shim tool popping out over and over again! Ended up loosening the cam bearing caps like your buddy did. That worked.

[@PP-wf2hb]

Thank you, a really good video, slow, real time. A lot of people just talk and show the end set of steps,. presuming that you know what you are doing!

[@Butterfly07949]

Great commentary and precise. It's a shame that Suzuki didn't design into the engine the valve adjustment of locknut and screw that the bandit rang uses. I have the expensive (for what it is) valve adjustment tool for the bandit. Come on Suzuki what were you thinking of?! For goodness sake both the bandit and the GS 500 series are from the same era!!! Then we wouldn't have to buy additional expensive components! Rant over. Great video and thanks for uploading!!!

[@adosq]

I check my GS today and this tutorial help me , great video and thank you

[@AndyPutt1]

Great video. Doing the valve clearances at the moment. RH ex valve was zero clearance. Shim was 278. Removed and tried a 270 with cam lobe 180 degrees from valve, still zero. Wasn't til I went to 255 that I got 0.07mm clearance, but then I measured the clearance in the position the Suzuki manual says, the cam notches pointing towards each other and I got an entire 0.20 clearance. In this position th RH ex valve was slightly sideways. This has really confused me. All I can do is go by the tightest point I suppose, if it's any tighter I end up with the exhaust valve not seating properly at some point. Maybe the camshaft is bent. I really don't know what to make of it... would have thought the clearance was uniform all around when "off lobe". Anyway, In the absence of an answer I'll button the engine back up and see how it runs.

[@leobardomadrid1180]

Hey any chance to tell us how your motor is responding

[@AndyPutt1]

@@leobardomadrid1180 Running very well!

[@kingtervel366]

Thanks for the video. BTW, the background sounds brought me back to childhood :)

[@IRQ1Conflict]

Valve lash with Mr. Roger's.

[@c__walker__jr]

Hm. Kerry says to just point the lobe away from the shim, but the shop manual says to align the ignition rotor to R.T with the cam notches facing each other for three of the valves and away for the left exhaust. I think I must have used Kerry's method the last time... Using the manual method now, all my valves are out of spec wide with one Ex valve out by over a millimeter. #ConflictingInformation

[@SNxr400r]

Where did you get your luggage racks????

[@victorwest8041]

How do you operate the tank petcock when switching it OFF or to RESERVE ?

[@РусланМороз-щ8ъ]

Super video ! My dream

[@174wolf]

How can there still be no clearance after going down 0.05 from less than 0.03 if the engine ran before? Great video

[@Steamxgeiger]

Great video

[@vredemack]

If that shim is not right could it make the cylinder not fire?

[@yajnaamakusa8786]

With respect, are you sure this is the way to do it? It looked very tricky, and as if you were going to break something. Great video, very clear, and I'm not saying I know better (I don't) but it looked like you were going to snap your knife blade or chip your aluminium head.

[@mikestar9505]

my 96gs500e starts n runs my problem is my throttle side spark plug continues to foul very quickly then the bike starts to sputter then dies

[@jeniajuk]

IN.: 0.03 - 0.08 mm EX.: 0.08 - 0.13 mm ?????

[@RICHOWASP]

Thing is 0.1 or 0.2 ain't gonna make to much difference is it

[@jsandidge1]

Not such a great idea using magnets. You could magnetize your shim, which would hold minute shards of metal that could wear your cam lobes.

[@billbill9897]

Keep your day job...

[@heemlo649]

it is painful watching this guy struggle to do simple things

[@charliesparta7947]

Like when you fold the laundry?