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Motorcycle Discussions => British Bikes => Topic started by: slyvestor2 on March 23, 2013, 05:10:35 PM

Title: valve clearance T140E
Post by: slyvestor2 on March 23, 2013, 05:10:35 PM

Whats the correct valve clearance for a Triumph T140E?.

Title: Re: valve clearance T140E
Post by: wetdog on March 23, 2013, 05:38:37 PM

ex ...6 , inlet ...8 tho

Title: Re: valve clearance T140E
Post by: slyvestor2 on March 23, 2013, 05:59:13 PM

OK but is'nt it normal for the exhaust to be a larger gap than the inlet?

Title: Re: valve clearance T140E
Post by: wetdog on March 23, 2013, 06:04:11 PM

its more to do with location in the head i think on these latter triumphs ( they always sound noisey to me ) but do go well , the sweetest one i had was a 1977 standard but with the "R" (larger radius followers) on all four cams and mushroom tappets , this bike went that well i stripped it to see what had been done and thats all i found , cams where standard