i went to do a valve adjustment on my 96 gsr and the adjusting screw will not turn. i cannot turn the screws for the life of me and i really do not wanna strip these out?? any advice you guys can give me to get these to turn? like, can i spray pb blaster or wd 40 to get them loose???

 

Loosen the locking nut first

 

haha, yeah It sounds like thats the problem, did you????????????? OH and tighten them back up when youre done! Stranger things have happened

 

should the adjusting nut be able to move when the locking nut is torqued down??

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RoB316 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">should the adjusting nut be able to move when the locking nut is torqued down??</TD></TR></TABLE>

I hope your kidding.....its called a locking nut for a reason

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RoB316 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">should the adjusting nut be able to move when the locking nut is torqued down??</TD></TR></TABLE>

There is only one nut: the jam nut. The tappet adjusting screw (slot head) will only turn when the jam nut is loose.