do you have to take belts off  too check valve clearances cheers bazz

i dont think so, so the magic book tells me. but hang on a sec just reading a bit more

im getting 2 different readings

do you want me to send some info from the ducati maintance book i have

Quote from: bazz20 on January 02, 2009, 01:43:46 AM
do you have to take belts off  too check valve clearances cheers bazz

Nah!!!

thanks for clarifying that for me

Quote from: Jukie on January 02, 2009, 02:34:17 AM
thanks for clarifying that for me

Your very welcome Jukie Maam. 

i always do.

thanks all i thought that they would 

The answer is it depends ..............

You don't have to, as you can turn the crank which in turn moves the cams which in turn lets you measure the clearances.

You can take them off; then you can rotate the cam independently from the crank but that does have some problems if you don't know what your doing.

Have a look at the video's posted on the site and it is quite clear what the "recommended" method is.

For me, why take the belt off if you don't have to?

I've owned dozens of bikes over the years and my Duc is one of the easiest to maintain. Example valve clearances:

SV650

You need to remove the fairings then dump the water to get to the rocker covers. Then you need to measure the clearances and if they need adjusting you need to remove the cams (including the cam drive) remove the shims then re-assemble to re-check. If you screwed it you start all over again.

On the Duc, I simply measure and if adjustment is needed I "flick" the retainer out of the way, move the rocker arm and take out the shim............soo easy 

Just my two bobs worth.

Quote from: MonsterDorf on January 02, 2009, 01:03:03 PM
The answer is it depends ..............

You don't have to, as you can turn the crank which in turn moves the cams which in turn lets you measure the clearances.

You can take them off; then you can rotate the cam independently from the crank but that does have some problems if you don't know what your doing.

Have a look at the video's posted on the site and it is quite clear what the "recommended" method is.

For me, why take the belt off if you don't have to?

I've owned dozens of bikes over the years and my Duc is one of the easiest to maintain. Example valve clearances:

SV650

You need to remove the fairings then dump the water to get to the rocker covers. Then you need to measure the clearances and if they need adjusting you need to remove the cams (including the cam drive) remove the shims then re-assemble to re-check. If you screwed it you start all over again.

On the Duc, I simply measure and if adjustment is needed I "flick" the retainer out of the way, move the rocker arm and take out the shim............soo easy 

Just my two bobs worth.

too hard with the belts on and theres not as much room as there was on the old ducs and on the s2r you cant get the openers off the cam to check theres no binding so just pulled rocker pins to the openers that made life alot easier when changing the closer as for vids theres nothing on the newer bikes thanks all bazz