Just to be clear if you do a valve adjustment and everything runs good I wouldn't mess with it. My bike runs great no issues at all. The throttle body sync is only needed if your having a rough idle. The valve adjustment shouldn't move the valves so much that it causes the bike to run awful if you are within tollaance from the factory sync. I didn't need to do anything. Sorry for the first short responses I was working.
@@gdprather65 Hi Gary, thanks fir your reply. Not really having idle issues but the manual says to inspect & adjust periodically & wanted to know how to go about it. Cheers, take care & ride safe
Im gonna have to buy some shims, do you recommend iget the individual ones i need or an assorted pack of 50? I was gonna get the rest of the valve kit from murphs
Thanks a lot for infos about timing chain, it was great to see under the valve cover! I need to change timing chain and tensioner but I m not sure that I can do or not. Is that easy to see marks on gears for correct timing? And is there any special work on intake cam with varieble timing system gear? Thank you very much in advance
Yes the timing marks are easy to see. There is nothing you will need to do to the vvt. Do not remove it from the cam. There is no need to unless it's bad.
@@gdprather65 sweet are you in any groups on fb? There's a group where's few of us are about to have to do this. And your video has been the only thing I've found that's been cut to the chase
Just got myself a 1400 GTR, I like to do all maintenance on my motorbikes. Thank you for your time & efforts on explaining the valve check process very useful for us DIYers.
Kawasaki designed these bikes to make it impossible to work on them. That's so the dealer can charge you 2 thousand bucks to service your bike. I've got an 08, can do lots of stuff but this crap here is TOTALLY unnecessary. You can put 2 hundred grand on a CONNIE and never change the oil.
Further to my comment below, my 09 Concours developed an oil leak at about 30,000km. It was out of warrant by then so I fixed it myself. The leak was coming from the front side of the rocker cover and it seeped down onto the exhaust creating a burning smell and even a bit of smoke at times. The leak was in the centre and didn't appear to be the exhaust sensor. I managed to replace the gasket myself and used some RTV along the front and after a while it leaked again which really annoyed me! This time I'll do both to cover my bases. Taking on this job isn't for the faint hearted. Although you say getting to the rocker cover isn't that hard just time consuming, my view is - it is both time consuming and reasonably difficult due to the numerous pipes and wires and tight space. Still - as you say, it probably saves me $1000 - $1500, so its worth the effort I guess. I'm currently half way through the job. Here's hoping the valve clearances are OK - I don't want to have to mess around removing the cams as well!
While I'm used to winding a car engine over manually using the front pulley crankshaft nut to get it to TDC, I wasn't sure how to do it on a bike. From what you say, the nut on the timing shaft is the equivalent so that's good to know.
Oh my, please reassemble in reverse order of dissasembley. Clean all surfaces really well and put a thin film of a high temp rtv around all edges of gasket seat including cam seals. Torque to proper specs. I did not record the assembly. My apologies.
I see nobody has commented, I’d just like to say a big thank you to people like yourself who go out of their way to help make motorcycle maintenance easier for the DIY mechanic. As yet I do not own a Concours but I am looking into the possibility of buying a used one.
@@gdprather65 Hi mate, hope all is good with you? ..I’ve had the Connie for about 6 months now, in the middle of doing the valve clearance checks now! 3 are on the limit so will change them out with all the help & info you’ve posted up...thank you again
Excellent video Gary. I have my 08 concours disassembled almost to the point where you have yours here; and then coincidentally and conveniently, I found your two vids on the subject. You included a few tips in the vid that I found really helpful. Thank you for sharing.
Great work, but you’ve just confirmed to me that I’ll be taking my ‘09 to the shop for this service. It’s way beyond my abilities…
Haha, some are overwhelmed by the time it takes. It's really not that bad. Either way I wish you luck.
Excellent video, thanks for making it
@@strankonpaint you're welcome. I'm glad it helps someone.
@@strankonpaint you are welcome.
It’s hard to weld that rusty junk so even more reason to put a grinder to it when you’re done I hope your grind before you weld it
Of course, wire wheel or grind.
As an 80 percent’er, taking the headers off for cleaning would be item number 999999 for me. :-)
This was very helpful..
Thanks, ride safe.
1:53 thanks for the rivnut idea, i didn't know what I was going to do
Your welcome. Good luck.
Have you done a throttle body sync on your 1400? Looking to do mine. Thanks
I have not.
Did your 1400 not need it doing? Thanks
I did not need it done.
Just to be clear if you do a valve adjustment and everything runs good I wouldn't mess with it. My bike runs great no issues at all. The throttle body sync is only needed if your having a rough idle. The valve adjustment shouldn't move the valves so much that it causes the bike to run awful if you are within tollaance from the factory sync. I didn't need to do anything. Sorry for the first short responses I was working.
@@gdprather65 Hi Gary, thanks fir your reply. Not really having idle issues but the manual says to inspect & adjust periodically & wanted to know how to go about it. Cheers, take care & ride safe
Hey Gary, does the rear pan go all the way under the roll bar mount?
Yes, the rear floor pan does go under the roll bar mount.
Hot cams I meant.
im mentally preparing myself to do this soon, i did my versys 650 forever ago and this is just 2 more cylinders to work on
If you have done one shim under bucket you have done them all. Just some need more things taken off first.
Im gonna have to buy some shims, do you recommend iget the individual ones i need or an assorted pack of 50? I was gonna get the rest of the valve kit from murphs
Get the individual ones. I would get it apart take your measurements and order the ones you need from hot shims, i belive its called.
also to download pdf manual ;D mototh.com/files/kawasaki/1400GTR/Kawasaki-1400GTR-Service-Manual.pdf
Thanks for posting the manual that's great. Thanks again.
thx for the video very usefully. because this : th-cam.com/video/TXAQQnbF7OM/w-d-xo.html
Good video. Was this the first valve adjustment at 17000 miles.
Yes it was. It really was not far out and would have been fine for many more miles. It was a piece of mind for me is all.
Looks good man. Good info on the leaking door mine does the same thing
Thank you.
Thanks a lot for infos about timing chain, it was great to see under the valve cover! I need to change timing chain and tensioner but I m not sure that I can do or not. Is that easy to see marks on gears for correct timing? And is there any special work on intake cam with varieble timing system gear? Thank you very much in advance
Yes the timing marks are easy to see. There is nothing you will need to do to the vvt. Do not remove it from the cam. There is no need to unless it's bad.
Update?
I apologize for not following up. I will post a quick video of the jeep all finished. It's been on the road now for a couple months.
@@gdprather65 sweet are you in any groups on fb? There's a group where's few of us are about to have to do this. And your video has been the only thing I've found that's been cut to the chase
I am not currently on fb if you need any assistance please shoot me a message.
Just got myself a 1400 GTR, I like to do all maintenance on my motorbikes. Thank you for your time & efforts on explaining the valve check process very useful for us DIYers.
Not a problem, I hoped the little quick rundown I gave would help others.
Yeah you just totally convinced me to get the FJR instead.
yes, i agree, i was kicking around selling my hayabusa for a c-14, think i’ll pass
Kawasaki designed these bikes to make it impossible to work on them. That's so the dealer can charge you 2 thousand bucks to service your bike. I've got an 08, can do lots of stuff but this crap here is TOTALLY unnecessary. You can put 2 hundred grand on a CONNIE and never change the oil.
@@trent3872 😂
Good vid, all I can add is get a good tongue wrench
Thank you. I used a digi click torque wrench. It's a must. It far to easy to strip or break someone.
@@gdprather65 yes but do you have a good tongue wrench? 🤔
@kinderutz lol yes, I have a few good ones, and when I did the job, it must have been good enough to work since I did this job a few years ago.
Further to my comment below, my 09 Concours developed an oil leak at about 30,000km. It was out of warrant by then so I fixed it myself. The leak was coming from the front side of the rocker cover and it seeped down onto the exhaust creating a burning smell and even a bit of smoke at times. The leak was in the centre and didn't appear to be the exhaust sensor. I managed to replace the gasket myself and used some RTV along the front and after a while it leaked again which really annoyed me! This time I'll do both to cover my bases. Taking on this job isn't for the faint hearted. Although you say getting to the rocker cover isn't that hard just time consuming, my view is - it is both time consuming and reasonably difficult due to the numerous pipes and wires and tight space. Still - as you say, it probably saves me $1000 - $1500, so its worth the effort I guess. I'm currently half way through the job. Here's hoping the valve clearances are OK - I don't want to have to mess around removing the cams as well!
While I'm used to winding a car engine over manually using the front pulley crankshaft nut to get it to TDC, I wasn't sure how to do it on a bike. From what you say, the nut on the timing shaft is the equivalent so that's good to know.
Yes the nut is the way to rotate it into time. Good luck.
Seven months now I have been waiting for the next part in this subject. The engine is getting some rust due to missing valve cover. Please proceed...
Oh my, please reassemble in reverse order of dissasembley. Clean all surfaces really well and put a thin film of a high temp rtv around all edges of gasket seat including cam seals. Torque to proper specs. I did not record the assembly. My apologies.
I see nobody has commented, I’d just like to say a big thank you to people like yourself who go out of their way to help make motorcycle maintenance easier for the DIY mechanic. As yet I do not own a Concours but I am looking into the possibility of buying a used one.
Thank you. I hope it helps someone.
I’ve now an owner of one going to o the valve check around June time
@@gdprather65 Hi mate, hope all is good with you? ..I’ve had the Connie for about 6 months now, in the middle of doing the valve clearance checks now! 3 are on the limit so will change them out with all the help & info you’ve posted up...thank you again
@@sirikulsomsuwan I am glad I was able to help out. Have a safe and healthy year.
@@gdprather65 You too Gary, take care & ride safe
Thanks for taking the time to post..
Your welcome.
No problem, it's not much but was hoping someone would find it useful.
Excellent video Gary. I have my 08 concours disassembled almost to the point where you have yours here; and then coincidentally and conveniently, I found your two vids on the subject. You included a few tips in the vid that I found really helpful. Thank you for sharing.
It's not a bad job. Good luck.
I hope all went well with your connie.