Maintenance And Tune-Up Procedures; Valve Clearance - Suzuki VL125 Service Manual

2-4 PERIODIC MAINTENANCE

MAINTENANCE AND TUNE-UP PROCEDURES

This section describes the servicing procedures for each item of the Periodic Maintenance requirements.

VALVE CLEARANCE

Inspect initially at 1 000 km (5 months) and every 4 000
km (20 months).
INSPECTION
NOTE:
The clearance specification is for COLD state.
The valve clearance specification is different for intake and ex-
haust valves. Valve clearance adjustment must be checked and
adjusted, 1) at the time of periodic inspection, 2) when the valve
mechanism is serviced, and 3) when the camshaft is disturbed
by removing it for servicing.
• Remove the spark plugs. (9 2-6)
• Remove the right air cleaner box.
• Remove the fuel tank. (9 4-3)
• Remove the cylinder head cover caps 1 and 2.
• Remove the valve inspection caps.
" Valve inspection cap bolt and nut (intake): 10 N . m
Valve inspection cap (exhaust): 18 N . m (1.8 kgf . m)
(1.0 kgf . m)