Figured I'd try to adjust my valves for myself on my Suzuki RMZ 250 (2005). Everything went fine until it came to removing the exhaust buckets and they didn't come up. I then noticed the cam and cam journal where worn and had made an "lip" that the buckets hit.
Probably not the best of ideas, but I used a very large screwdriver and a hammer and gently tapped the lip to flatten it out till I could get the bucket out on the left side, and then use fine emery cloth to smooth the edge out. I used the emery cloth directly on the right side, which worked better.
Anyway, how bad are this damage? The bike ran fine last year before I stored it for the winter. Do I even need to address the problem or does it just look worse than it is? If so, what can I do about it?
The pictures are from before I used the emery cloth on the rough edges, they are gone now.
Probably not the best of ideas, but I used a very large screwdriver and a hammer and gently tapped the lip to flatten it out till I could get the bucket out on the left side, and then use fine emery cloth to smooth the edge out. I used the emery cloth directly on the right side, which worked better.
Anyway, how bad are this damage? The bike ran fine last year before I stored it for the winter. Do I even need to address the problem or does it just look worse than it is? If so, what can I do about it?
The pictures are from before I used the emery cloth on the rough edges, they are gone now.