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how to adjust a 2001 kawasaki zx9 ninja valve?

i need to know the setting of the valve and a little advice on the up and down of the valves

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As Bob said, you had probably best bite the financial bullet and get someone experienced to do it. With the bucket over shim designs, the shim you need to change is underneath the bucket, the device that rides against the camshaft. To change the shims, you have to remove the camshafts and when you replace them, you must get them timed exactly right or else you can have pistons hitting valves..not good at all. They put the shim under the bucket to keep the cam from spitting the shims out through the valve cover at high rpms. The older 2 valve 900-1000-1100-1300 Kaws have shim over bucket and can be changed with a special $20 tool, a little screwdriver and small magnet . However, you might consider getting a shop manual and checking the valve clearance yourself. If all are within specs, then there is no need to take it to a shop. My old KZ1000 went something like 110,000 miles and only need two shims changed in all that time, so your bike could very well be ok.
This is not a job for a back yard mechanic.Your valves have overbucket shims and require special tool and more important a selection of shims in .002 increments.Best to let a shop do this.You can save yourself about 1hr labour if you remove the fairing yourself before you take it in for adjustment. By the way the shims cost about $8.00 each but most shops have an exchange price.
Intake and exhaust valves have different clearances.Which one?To check the clearance- the cam must be in the proper position.Then you take a feeler gauge and measure the distance-you have to do this to each valve before you can remove the cam to make an adjustment.Under the cam lobe-on top of the valve there is a can that rides up against the cam lobe.Between the inside of the can and the top of the valve there is a little round pocket that has a shim that looks like a watch battery.These shims come in different sizes--replacing them with a different size is how you make the adjustment.This is not anything that I would try to do without a manual--things can go bad real quick in the adjustment stage.Not a job for a 1'st timer but you can learn if you watch someone doing it.

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