Snapped kips valve

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Tambo
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Snapped kips valve

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Hi folks,

Have covered a trouble free 500 miles since curing the overheating problems caused by a slightly warped head, but now the left hand kips valve has snapped at the threaded hole !

Not sure why - there was no impact, and all the valves were turning freely. Only thing that might be a problem is I am using a right hand link on the left side, but re-drilled to correct the angle.............maybe it's slightly out, and put too much pressure on it ??

Anything else I should watch out for ?

I've got a couple of spare valves, so I'll look through and see what sort of condition they're in, and see if I can pick up a left hand link. Over the years I've picked up 2 full sets of pulleys............both of them with a right hand link on the left side :shock:

Cheers,

Tommy
Kr1s c3, vfr750fg, Dnepr MT11, Pegaso 650
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