OHV Adjust Tool

Tall T

Well-known Member
The cramped space under the Jubilee tank does not look very conducive to a valve adjust that can be done quickly before the engine cools off too much. It hardly looks as though the valve cover will tip off with the tank in but they say it does. I'm hoping nobody glued the gasket to the head!!!

Anyway, the owners manual shows a handy dandy valve adjust tool and I'm asking if anyone has one to sell or if they can be found somewhere.

I see how they are made and I could make one starting with a box end wrench . . . if I have to. . . . but that would take some time & effort.

Thanks,
T

P.S.
I wish I was Mickey Rooney's height! :D
 
it's a tight fit but the valve cover will come
off. I didn't know anyone made a special tool for
them.
 
(quoted from post at 17:40:32 11/03/14) it's a tight fit but the valve cover will come
off. I didn't know anyone made a special tool for
them.

Here's a photo I just took off the owner's manual page 39.
Maybe I can just weld an arm on a deep socket and stand a stubby screw driver in it . . . or put a screw driver bit on a 1/4" drive ratchet and the deep socket will serve to contain it.

Obviously the idea being to make the adjusting side a one handed operation so the other hand is free for the awkward and blind feeler side.

Most of the time when doing the final tighten, the screw turns with the lock nut anyway, so after a couple of screw tweaks, it tightens down with the screw at the right point. So maybe I don't need anything but my wits.

Thanks

Edit:
On second thought, I like being able to see the screw action when I tighten the lock nut so I'll just stick to a box end and a stubby. Compensating for how much the screw moves with the nut which usually means backing it off by degrees till it travels forward with the lock nut to the final clearance. So that way comes in handy here because I don't need to be holding the screw with a driver other than initially to bring the locknut back down. But never fear, I'm a stickler for the same pull on the feeler guage. :)

I'd actually like to rig up an aux gas tank to warm the engine, so that I could take this tank off to service it and really check out the rocker shaft assembly properly (adequate oil etc.) while doing a comfortable valve adjust.

mvphoto12638.jpg

:)
 
About a year ago I was lucky enough to find one
of those tools on e-bay. I found it under antique
automotive tools. It was the exact one that is in
the service manual. If you try E-Bay, you may turn out lucky .
 

A lucky strike for you!
Thanks for the correct search terms, I'll try again.

Terry
 
That's a new tool on me! well an old tool.

dad and I just use a bent screwdriver, a wrench
and a feeler gauge.
 

Thanks Bob, I will.

Also found some interesting ones on eBay UK that look real simple to make.

Like a tall socket with a big floating nob on top with a short shank that turns the screw.

I thought of the bent driver but that can be awkward depending on the slot position -- no wait! -- you probably meant with a very short arm on it. :)

Thanks
Tallus Caterrius
(a fisherman used to call me by my Latin name ) :D
 

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