Re: [ST] Major service UPDATE

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Zoltan Pavlakovich wrote:

- -He tells me that Triumph is wrong, the maintenance book is wrong and a major
- -service should be done at around 6k miles because sometimes the valves are
- -tight and the sooner you catch it the better in order not to damage the
- -heads.(mine is an overstock 2001 that I bought at the end of 03). So what
- -happened is I guess I paid for an early 12k service (including adjusting the
- -valve clearances and synching the throttle bodies) and the next major
- -service would be due at 18k instead of 12k. Does this make sense, is there
- -any reports of tight valves early on or is this guy telling me fairytales?

I was wondering if for what they charged they did a 12k service instead of a
6k.  Maybe the mechanic is working from T3 info?  IIRC the T3 was on a 6k
service interval whereas our T5's are on a 12k.


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