How to Adjust The Valves On A Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Motorcycle
Here’s how to do a valve adjustment on a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Motorcycle. It’s a neat design. You can do it in under 10 minutes and don’t even need to remove the valve covers. See more about my motorcycle on my website at www.hoohoohoblin.com
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I like the Amal Concentric carb conversion. I'm going to do that to mine for next season.
is yur front pushrod bent?
Thanks,
Have broken my inlet valve push rod yesterday and replaced it in 40' minutes using your video. I noticed that the new push rod sometimes twists like I have seen on your video. The reason in my case is the cup on the rocker end or on the tappets end which is not equal. Here in India however this is normal.The price for 1 push rod here is 60 Roupies or 1.25 Us dollar, but cannot guarantee it will last or long, so I bought 5 at the same time.
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guys try bullet 5 shift with disc,,,,with old engines,,,,,,,its best to ride
@volucerparagliders Valve clearences should ALWAYS be done when the engine is cold, that's Stone Cold, ideally left overnight or several hours until theres not a hint of warmth from any part of the block.
Thanks for taking the time brah.
Yep, you should do it when the engine is cold. You know that this type of metal expands when it's warming up so you could burn one or more valves. I know several cases of that sort. But i hope your bike keeps running great and the valves aren't going to float. :)
This is interesting, you don't need any measuring tools like when you ajust the valves on a japanese motor?
You just do the adjusting by feel?
Wat if I adjusted abit tide ?
hi there…thanks for the video…should the valves keep on rotating all time?because when I adjusted mine,and after a start,when I rechecked,the left valve is easily rotating but right one is not having neither up-down nor rotating motion,also I am suffering from low compression now(HORRIBLE!!!)…kicker is giving very low compression load…anyways it's getting started…pls give advice…
thank you for your response.I brought mechanic and he loosened the valves,and regained compression,but there came back the old sound (tick tick) with it…he says that the head section needs a full repair to remove the sound,adjusting tappat valves won't work,and it's also expensive.he also showed a single small "tick" when the kicker goes down(during start,which I normally(I think it needs very much attention to notice it) didn't notice till date.that too will cost me a lot!what's your advice?
There is another school of thought. Of adjusting the push-rod clearance when the engine is hot, because thats how your engine is going to run. The only difference when adjusting it hot is that instead of the push-rod rotating freely without any play, you need to tighten it as much that you can just move it with your thumb (without spin and with burnt fingers of course). I prefer to adjust the push-rods with engine at operating temperature.
Thats true, you might loose a bit of compression on a cold start. But that doesn't last for more than a minute or two after which the engine starts getting sufficiently hot.
Great instructional Video Bro!! I'm heading out to my driveway here in sunny southern California and will be adjusting my Tappets on a beautiful and mint 1962 350cc Bullet. Happy New Year!!
Did I miss the part where you retightened the jam nut?
Great Video! I've had a nasty clatter coming from my 2008 classic since I got it second hand last summer, didn't have clue how to adjust the valves, tried to noodle my way through Snidal's book without much success. Followed your video and I've got the beauty clatter, chatter free, thanks! Question, the bike sat for 4 to 5 years before I bought it (retirement gift never rode) so after I ended up changing out solenoid's plugs, rotten gas etc it finally ran, thankfully I've gotten good at kick starting it, lol.. I now think I have a rotted head gasket as it's leaking a little oil, any suggestions on a video for that? Thanks again.
What airfilter have you installed? Could you also do a video for throttle cable change?
my bullet 350 valves not adjusting its very tight left side is ok but right side very tight what to do i fixed left side right not adjusting
its not starting when i kick smoke coming from air filter engine not starting
Thanks mate, very clear and helpfull video!
Good video, but how do you know when the valves need adjusting?
Tidy site HHH.
What carb you running?
i have same Cast iron Bike with 500cc mill, i hear lot of clatter at speeds above 70 so i thought the valves need adjustment , brought piston on TDC and there was no up and down play in valves , so i am confused what can be causing the clattering sound resembling that of Sewing machine