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Your cart is empty.Holds valve spring bucket down so adjusting shims can be removed. For adjusting valve clearance on twin cam models. Fits all KZ 750/900/1000/1100/1300 models.
Product works as intended. Very helpful
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2024
Product worked well for a 1982 kz1000j valve shim replacement
Eric C.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2024
Worked great for my Toyota T100 5VZ-FE buckets after modifying the batwing by cutting it in half. Cheap enough to buy another in case you bend it or lose it too.Good buy
False Narrative
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2022
This tool works, but it is not as high quality as most other Motion Pro tools.The tool would be WAY better if it were:• 20% wider (more contact area)• 20% longer (more leverage)• made of a higher grade steelAs it is, the tool will do the job, but requires loads of pressure on the ball end.Definitely wear eye protection while using this tool, as it can unexpectedly eject itself from a heavily spring loaded position and fly up at your face, or anything else in it's way.
Jesse O'Chapo
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
I bought this to help with valve shims on my Toyota 4Runner 3RZ-FE 2.7L. It worked OK, but I wouldn't recommend it as a replacement for the pliers tool, only in conjunction. You cannot use the holder tool from this set as the gap is wrong, it doesn't and/or it obstructs removing the shim (I tried), so you still need the holder from the other set.It is really hard to push/slide under the cam lobe to depress the bucket, but you can use it to leverage down the bucket a bit. I used it only on the valves closest to the firewall to leverage the bucket, slide the other tool in and go back and forth till you have it depressed enough to get the holder tool in. Next time, I'll probably look at loosening the cam if I need to replace those rear shims, even with both tools it was absolutely infuriating and took a hour+ each.
RaiderSixx
Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2017
I'm using this tool on my 2.4L Tacoma and it works much better than the valve pliers. It is pretty short and requires a bit of pressure, but is much easier to work with. You still need to use the valve bucket depressor from the other tool though. I've found it best to use one hand to secure the tip from sliding out, while the other one pushes it in. One handed it tends to want to slip out, and then your knuckles will find out how sharp the spark plug tubes are. I wish that the ball on the handle were knurled or something, because it gets very slippery with the slightest bit of oil on it. On the valves near the firewall, it is very difficult to see the valve bucket to place the hold down tool. You can spend hours trying, or you can just loosen the cam caps in the proper sequence and pull the shim out without having to depress the bucket.
truthseek99er
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2016
This tool should be used on motor cycles; no leverage or power to depress a powerful Toyota valve spring !!Had to toss it out, as not a biker !!!Just take the valve cover off, with engine hot and shut down. Work quick. Rotate crankshaft appropriately to get the front #1 piston top dead center, then use your feeler gauges to measure the clearances. Then do the same with #4 piston TDC, and make and record your measurements. You will probably find they all are close to being in adjustment, with two or three out-lyers being up to 0.003 inch tight or loose. That will not harm or affect engine performance with normal driving. Hard, hot driving, yes, a tight valve clearance means an over heating valve, since the valve is now kept off the valve seat for an extra fraction of a second (the only way a valve can cool is by contract with the valve seat, which is part of the head, which has cooling passageways) Loose clearance has the opposite effect; the valve will not open wide enough to draw in the air-fuel mixture, so slight sub par performance that might not be perceptible, but no over-heating.Now you have peace of mind; just forget it and button it allup with no VC gasket.
Chris
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2015
There may well be better tools out there, this will work if all stars are in proper alignment.But patience and persistence will be needed.
extremely_volatile_ant
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2013
Worked perfectly on my KZ1100. Much easier than pulling the camshafts and much cheaper than the Kawasaki tool. Instruction diagrams were perfectly clear. Once I finally had the correct shims, it was a 5 minute procedure to swap them out and double check the clearance. Now on to the stripped bolt holes...
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