I just did my 4th adjustment in 139500 miles. All is well, only one needed adjustment since the last time over 30k ago. That same one was at .007 last time and I was to lazy to fix it.
Also did some testing of the shims just to dispel an old myth on this forum, that you shouldn't grind these shims to a different thickness, because they are supposedly case hardened. I didn't believe it at the time but now sense I wanted to grind one, I thought I should prove that they are thru hardened and not case hard. My best guess is 45 r/c. Plus I think I saw that on an aftermarket site. So I used a center punch and a small ball peen hammer, dropped from the same height each time and my results are as follows.
(803)Aftermarket surface as supplied
(850) Aftermarket shows no case depth on edge. You would see a line if it was there.
(018) Stock Kawasaki Used
(815) Aftermarket after grinding .004 from it.
They all show about a .035-.040 dimple. If anything the stock one is a little softer.
I also wanted to thank 2andblue for posting up about removing the radiator. It made it so much easier, plus I soaked the radiator in industrial simple green for 24 hrs. It looks like new. Plus I got the full 3 quarts into the system this time. usually just get 2 in.
Also did some testing of the shims just to dispel an old myth on this forum, that you shouldn't grind these shims to a different thickness, because they are supposedly case hardened. I didn't believe it at the time but now sense I wanted to grind one, I thought I should prove that they are thru hardened and not case hard. My best guess is 45 r/c. Plus I think I saw that on an aftermarket site. So I used a center punch and a small ball peen hammer, dropped from the same height each time and my results are as follows.
(803)Aftermarket surface as supplied
(850) Aftermarket shows no case depth on edge. You would see a line if it was there.
(018) Stock Kawasaki Used
(815) Aftermarket after grinding .004 from it.
They all show about a .035-.040 dimple. If anything the stock one is a little softer.
I also wanted to thank 2andblue for posting up about removing the radiator. It made it so much easier, plus I soaked the radiator in industrial simple green for 24 hrs. It looks like new. Plus I got the full 3 quarts into the system this time. usually just get 2 in.