Checking Valve Clearances - Ducati Diavel Workshop Manual

Maintenance operations

Checking valve clearances

To check the valves clearance, it is necessary to have access to the cylinder head covers and then remove the
components listed below.
Operations
Remove the saddles
Remove air conveyor covers
Remove the tank half covers
Remove the fuel tank
Remove the blow-by pipe
Empty the coolant out of the
cooling system
Loosen the clamps of the hose that
connects the two radiators and the
hose that connects the RH radiator
to the union
Remove the water radiators leaving
them connected to the cooling
system
Remove the exhaust unit
Loosen the timing belt covers
Remove the coils
Remove the cylinder head cover
Unscrew the two fixing screws (1) of the cover (2) according to the crankshaft.
Fit the tool handgrip 88713.0123 in the holes of the generator cover to be able to turn the crankshaft so that the valve
on which the control is carried out is in rest position.
With the valve in the rest position, slide a feeler gauge between rocker arm (A) and the lowest side of the cam (B) to
measure the clearance.
The clearances must be within the specified limits:
Section reference
5 - 3, Removal of the seat
8 - 7, Removal of the air filters
5 - 2, Removal of the fuel tank
fairings
8 - 2, Removal of the fuel tank
8 - 6, Removal the airbox and
throttle body
4 - 3, Changing the coolant
9 - 3.1, Removal of the cooling
system hoses and unions
9 - 3.2, Removing the water
radiators
8 - 8, Removal of the exhaust
system
9 - 4.2, Removal of the timing belt
covers
6 - 9, Ignition coils
9 - 4.4, Removal of the camshafts