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RE: [ST] Valve Shim Removal Tool
- Subject: RE: [ST] Valve Shim Removal Tool
- From: "Dan Wallander" <triumph99@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 09:47:50 -0700
The tool is symetrical. The difference is in the two center bolt holes.
They are a bit closer (a mm +\-) to one side than the other rather than
centered. I don't have precise measuring tools, but this difference is
obvious with a ruler. There may be more differences a bit less obvious.
Dan Wallander
Albuquerque, New Mexico
www.danwallander.com
Triumph Sprint ST :: BMW R90/6
TSRA-VP, ABC#6313, IBA, HSTA
On the other hand, the tool diagram depicts no such labels. Furthermore,
> the tool, as drawn, seems to be completely symmetrical, which implies that
> there would be no need to differentiate between sides. And if that were
the
> case (which I doubt), it would seem to suggest that the tool could
actually
> be made more simply, by deleting four holes along one edge and simply
> turning the tool around 180 degrees end-to-end when dealing with the
> opposite set of shims. Therefore I'm visualizing that that there must be
> some offset to one or more of the four holes on one side in relation to
the
> corresponding four holes on the opposite side that makes the tool
> asymmetrical.
>
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