As title ive fitted a set of these and cannot find a way of adjusting them do i have to use special tools or something, surely someone apart from me has these!

HELP!!!!!

 

I take it no one uses these then

 

what car is it on? if its a rs1600i then you do need to adjust em if its turbo then you dont!

 

Theyre for an RS1600i

Rang Kent Cams this morning it appears theres no adjustment tools for their Solid cam followers and ive gotta make my own

Cant believe Kent cams make these and dont have any means of adjusting them

 

well are they the type where it has a recess in where you use shims to get the right valve clearances or are they the nut and bolt type.
find out what the valve clearance is and use the apropreate feeler guage to set the tappet to

 

Theyre the bolt type with a 14mm locknut, im going to have a go at knocking up some adjustment spanners tomorrow, should be fun

 

get 1 tappet set right for each the exhast and inlet vale and using a vernier set all the other ones to these sizes before you fit them so you dont have to fiddle with them in the head.

 

Sounds easier than doing them all one by one, would they not be at different sizes though if you adjusted them on the head? everything is brand new (rockers and everything etc)

ive knocked up some spanners but its taking ages to adjust, ie given up after just one would be alot easier if i could adjust them off the motor

 

well even better if the rockers are brand new.
find out the valve clearance on the exhast valve then set one rocker up to the right clearance whilst on the head with feeler gauges like you would do normally. take your measurement off this tappet, then use a digital vernier to get the right size and make sure all the others are the same size to within about .1 of a mm or as close as you can. do the same with the inlet valves then but make sure you have the right clearance by refering to the haynes manual.

 

Cheers mate, adjusted them up today using a digital vernier and theyre all near enough spot on perfect

Just gotta get the correct valve springs now

 

no probs m8 hope she goes well