Hot Cams 7.48mm Complete Shim Kit HCSHIM01 for Honda CRF Kawasaki KX Suzuki RMZ Yamaha WR YZ Dirt Bikes

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Has every shim you could possibly need. Seems awfully wasteful though because I only ended up using two. Hopefully I can share some with some other dirt bike owners.

The shims themselves are OK, but the problem is that there were not enough shims in the size range I needed. Only 3 are provided, and I needed more in the 195/200 sizes.

good kit, got the job done and has extra shims.

Was well made but couldnt use it, I needed different sizes. .

Great value for the price. The case doesnt do a good job of keeping the sizes separate, if you tip it on its end or upside down they get all mixed up and you need to read the sizes off of them to sort them. Which can be tedious and difficult. I recommend sorting them some other way.

I bought this kit and used it 2x on my CRF250r. No problems at all except you buy tons of shims and only need like 2. Basically, it saves you the trouble of opening up your bike, THEN running out to Honda and HOPING they have the shim(s) you need. If youre gonna do shims, youll need a micrometer like this one; http://www.amazon.com/General-Tools-001-Inch-Graduation-Micrometer/dp/B00004T7UD/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1356827905&sr=8-2&keywords=micrometer I believe this is the one I have. Its fine for the $. The only issue is, its in inches and the shims are in mm. No big deal. I did the job in inches, figured what I needed in inches then searched the box using the micrometer to select the proper shim. Its easy, you can do it if youre handy. Follow your manual.

Perfect for valve adjustment on 04 crf250r

It would be nice if there were a little tighter tolerances with the shims but they work. It is much easier to go with a kit like this than mess around with pulling the shims, going to a dealer and getting them one at a time. I ended up ordering a restocking kit for the range that I use the most of so that I had enough. When you have a V4 bike with 4 valves per cylinder, there are not enough shims to complete the job if you have a few cylinders in the same range. After borrowing this kit a couple times from fellow bikers, I broke down and bought my own kit.

Sizing and quantity are good, but at least half of these show varying levels of corrosion. Im not going to pay 70 bucks for a new item, and then have to clean and fix the product. Will be returning and buying another brand as this is either poor storage methods or quality control and shouldnt be necessary. I have used other brands, and this hasnt been nearly as big an issue. Maybe 1, 2 out of a set, but not half the product. It seems overly common with this brand, and I wont be using them again after this experience. The size markings are also very faint, but this isnt really an issue to the functionality.