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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You guys are a hoot and it pleases my senses to know I am not alone in my quandaries!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I send many thanks to all who replied to me directly and apologize this moment for having not replied as personally back to each of you. I did get all your kind and informative messages, Thanks so much.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>So, when are we going riding?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Susan Q<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>P.S. RED & I got out for 50+ miles this afternoon – good ride, nice day, no humidity!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b>From:</b> John Chevalaz <kb2loz@yahoo.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, July 22, 2021 7:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Mac Kirkpatrick <drbeemer73@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> paairheads@casano.com; susan.quitzau@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: Rocker Arms/valve adjustment - Revealing my frustration, ignorance and revelations & trusting you will not judge<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Mac,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I have a micrometer and will do what u say so i can stop flipping out abt what is a real measurement or what is me thinking too much.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Recently we bought a Kawisaki Mule 700 cc that needed a valve measurement at 100 hrs.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Easy to get at the valves but again i returned to "am i doing it right"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I thought i did with the go . no go gauges.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>But still festered over if it was correct.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Oh and i wipe all oil so as to get a good feel.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Bottom line is a friend said they were a o k.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>But I'll do the micrometer.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>FYI I have a nice one from sears that was cheap.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Also have the one from Todd Byrum that was won at a Tent Float.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Although plastic and hard on the eyes, its somwhat reliable.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>over and out<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>John C KB2LOZ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div id="ydp8b08bcceyahoo_quoted_7981820021"><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 4:32:24 PM EDT, Mac Kirkpatrick <<a href="mailto:drbeemer73@gmail.com">drbeemer73@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Hi Susan, congratulations on all you have learned and your success. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>A suggestion:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>To find out how a feeler gauge should “feel”when it is pulled thru, take a micrometer and set it for, say 10 thousandths. Then take the same size feeler gauge and pull it by the micrometer. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>That is how it should feel when setting valves. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>BTW any size will work. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>And I can’t trim this thread, sorry. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Mac Kirkpatrick <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195yqtfd46270><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:51 John Chevalaz via PAAirheads <<a href="mailto:paairheads@casano.com" target="_blank">paairheads@casano.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195yqtfd46307><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>congratulation, you are now "one with the valves".<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>and in 2 hours.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>you can never be to ocd / hypervigilant / whatever in working on your bike.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>the next time will be that much easier and or when u attend another airhead event you can discuss what u learned.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>hve fun and ride safe<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'>john in the valley<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div id="ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195m_2789726386335280780ydpdab2ee0fyahoo_quoted_7885108947"><div><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195yqtfd45463><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>On Thursday, July 22, 2021, 11:58:57 AM EDT, <a href="mailto:susan.quitzau@gmail.com" target="_blank">susan.quitzau@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:susan.quitzau@gmail.com" target="_blank">susan.quitzau@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div id="ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195m_2789726386335280780ydpdab2ee0fyiv9887707359"><div><div><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195yqtfd46036><p style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Disclaimer: The following may make you laugh or shake your head or simply fill up your time…</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:47.4pt'><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'>Thanks to all your help,</span></i><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>….</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div id=ydp8b08bcceyiv5203770195yqtfd34490><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>