Re: [ST] Valve Shims

[triumph1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I asked the mechanic at my dealer yesterday and he said 6.99 each, but 
he also added that he thought they should be an even swap as the old are 
used again.  He is going to show me how to do my own the next time I 
bring it in for service.

Tim E

Mike Montville wrote:
> Steve,
> 
> I agree with you that the under-bucket shims that came out of my RS
> were undoubtedly intact, and can be re-used (conceivably again in my
> bike).
> 
> Although I questioned the mechanic on this shop policy, I chose to
> not start a battle over the cost of 2 shims.  The dealer has bent
> over backwards covering all my warranty issues (two major-cost), and
> I feel that I'm winning the ownership war with his support :-)
> 
> Mike
> 
> --- Steven Kohlscheen <TrumpST@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
>><<
>>I believe I paid $12 each at the last adjustment -- they keep the
>>ones they take out.
>>
>>Mike
>>
>>You also are getting hosed by your dealer.  Unless those shims are
>>destroyed, they are reusable.  I know folks who swap and trade
>>shims with
>>their local dealer service center.  If they are shim under bucket
>>they arn't
>>a wear item, as I understand it.  Even if they are shim over
>>bucket, they
>>don't really get worn down.  Come to think of it, of the half dozen
>>or so
>>re-shimmed valves I've had between my '99 and my '02 in 90k miles,
>>I have
>>never been charged for a shim by my dealer who did all the valve
>>adjustments.
>>
>>Steven "Dirty Dawg" Kohlscheen
>>
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