Friday, 17 August 2012

Tappet Adjustment

Fed up of excessive engine noise?
Does the bike's performance seems hampered even after checking air filter, tuning and sparkplug?
You may need to adjust the tappets. Loose tappets cause the engine noise and too tight tappets hamper the performance. This article simply shows the step-by-step detailed procedure to adjust the tappets of a single cylinder motorcycle in the form of pictures.
Note: The nut/bolt/spanner/feeler sizes mentioned are of RTR180. Your bike may have different sizes.
  









Please get the exhaust and inlet valve clearances of your bike from the service manuals and use the recommended value feeler gauge strips. For example, for Apache RTR series, its 0.06mm for inlet and 0.08mm for exhaust.





 P.S. We thank Mr. Srinivas Prasad (a.k.a. Srini Razortribe) for making available the detailed pictures.
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46 comments:

  1. sandeep19803 June 2013 at 14:09

    Awesome Man!!!...All owners of bikes in india need to have this knowledge on a priority basis.We all know that majority of the service centre guys in india are morons who are scarily illiterate or lazy when it comes to servicing our prized possessions.GOOD JOB!

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  2. Anonymous26 August 2013 at 14:54

    thanks ..man..
    really helpfull..

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  3. JDM28 December 2013 at 06:51

    Thank you very much, for apache 160 its the same 0,06 and 0.08 ?

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  4. Vishu25 May 2014 at 04:59

    What about 200ns how much should be the clearance

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  5. Unknown11 November 2014 at 14:38

    has anyone tried and became successful ?

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  6. Unknown1 March 2015 at 14:51

    That helps , thank you

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  7. Unknown2 March 2015 at 12:55

    That helps , thank you

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  8. Unknown25 August 2015 at 16:14

    crank piston head block of my cbr 250 was changed yesterday and the mechanic said the tappet will be adjusted after 1000 km ..... it is bieng done with every fresh motor cycle manufactured is this correct

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    1. Unknown25 August 2015 at 16:15

      it is also making sound out of it

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    2. Unknown25 August 2015 at 16:15

      it is also making sound out of it

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    3. manu29 June 2016 at 12:53

      Tappet sound is due to the shortage in clearance,ryt?...how does this happens?

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  9. Unknown15 January 2016 at 21:51

    Thank you very much, for Yamaha FZ-s 1549cc its the same 0,06 and 0.08 ?

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  10. Unknown15 January 2016 at 21:52

    Thank you very much, for Yamaha FZ-s 1549cc its the same 0,06 and 0.08 ?

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  11. Unknown20 March 2016 at 15:29

    Good job

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  12. Unknown20 March 2016 at 15:31

    Good job

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  13. Unknown1 May 2016 at 08:08

    Inlet 0.8-0.12mm and exhaust 0.12-0.16mm better to make 10mm and 14mm for any fz series

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  14. Unknown25 June 2016 at 19:21

    Hi there. I cannot find service manual or any information about specific tappet clearance for my 2014 rtr 150. Is it different from rtr 160 or rtr 180?

    Thank you for your guide though, very specific and self explanatory. Good job!

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  15. Unknown21 September 2016 at 11:30

    Bro my bike sounds weird when left idle... Lyk sme sparking noise. Any suggestions? Question for HONDA CB UNICORN 150

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  16. Unknown21 September 2016 at 11:30

    Bro my bike sounds weird when left idle... Lyk sme sparking noise. Any suggestions? Question for HONDA CB UNICORN 150

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  17. Unknown3 January 2017 at 12:28

    spledor plus valve clearance for inlet and exhaust needed

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  18. Unknown27 January 2017 at 10:14

    Please let me know suzuki gixxer sf 155cc's valve clearing measurements

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  19. Unknown4 March 2017 at 22:45

    Please let me 110cc value no

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  20. Unknown15 April 2017 at 21:30

    What about TVs victor 2016 moderl

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  22. Unknown12 June 2017 at 16:09

    What is the inlet and outlet valve clearance for TVS Victor GL 110 old model?

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  23. Murugavelraj16 July 2017 at 21:42

    Great. What is the valve clearance for bajaj ct100?

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  24. Unknown2 October 2017 at 23:19

    What is the valve clearance for apache rtr 150 ???

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  25. Unknown10 November 2017 at 19:38

    Sir

    What is the valve clearence for Hero super splendor ?

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  26. Unknown6 December 2017 at 22:22

    worthy article man

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  27. Unknown13 February 2018 at 23:24

    what is the apache 200 Valve clearance adjustment

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  28. Unknown3 July 2018 at 10:22

    Tvs metro plus 110cc cleriance koto

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  29. Unknown6 July 2018 at 20:42

    Bro what tappet clearance for pulsar 180 ... tell me bro it’s urgent

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  30. Unknown13 July 2018 at 10:33

    Pictures explain very cleary good

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  31. Unknown5 September 2018 at 19:52

    Plz tell me tappet clearance for old Super splendor 125cc bike

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  32. Unknown3 October 2018 at 22:51

    Ignition happened in 2 round of crank shaft means 720deg but pickup coil triggered in each round how it is possible Pl. Reply

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  33. Unknown2 December 2018 at 12:00

    What tappet clearence in tvs star city 110cc please reply.

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  34. Ankita Singh21 December 2018 at 15:25

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  35. Unknown10 January 2019 at 21:08

    What's the tappet cleaeancc in tvs victor 2003 model

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  36. Unknown6 June 2019 at 09:54

    Suzuki Gixxer sf valve clearance..please give me.

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  37. Unknown20 September 2019 at 08:54

    All comon two Wheeler's life 0.05mm intake0.06mm exhacst and drive fell

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  38. Unknown20 September 2019 at 15:29

    Nandi Vanakkam

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  39. Unknown19 March 2020 at 19:43

    Bajaj cf 100 es valve clearance

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  40. Unknown26 October 2020 at 10:25

    Could you please help with the right feeler gauges for Sanya 125-8? Thanks

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