Dumb Valve Question ...

 

My motorcycle is in the shop for a valve adjustment and other things.

Dumb question:  How come my 1998 Ford Ranger doesn't need valve adjustments?
What is different?  Hydraulic lifters?  Or some other technology?

Thanks.

 

On Tue, 11 May 2010 08:57:38 -0400, "Datesfat Chicks"


You answered your own question, hydraulic lifters. Hell, even Ferraris
have them now. The Honda Nighthawk was the first (in production) OHC
MC engine to get them as far as I know.

                                       Bill Smith

Somebody will now chime in with a previous application of the
technology like, say, the Spagthorpe* Barn Swallow or some such thing.

*My spell checker suggested pathogen for this. :-)

 

Bill Smith wrote:

What's really neat about the Nighthawk's hydraulic lash adjusters, is that
they AREN'T lifters, per se.  They do take up slack in the valve train in
exactly the same way a hydraulic lifter does, using check valves, etc. but
the "lifter" body doesn't move up and down, it's stationary.  So you get
the benefit of zero lash and no adjustments, but you don't have to pay the
price (limited RPM) of lots of extra reciprocating mass in the valve train.
Pretty cool, I think.

IIRC the GL1200 and GL1500 also have hydraulic lash adjusters.

 



That's the most informative and intelligent thing anybody has posted
to reeky in years...

 



As a bonus, it was also related to motorcycles.

Datesfat