Sounds pretty typical drywaller. I usually find them a couple thousandths loose if anything. My experience with hondas is the rockers, pushrods, etc. wear more than the valve face. With a few exceptions, it's not very often I see tight valves.

 

0.15 mm or 0.006 inch [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

Hey Quadwrench. Abouth the valve adjustment on my foreman. Just one more question. When I adjusted my valves, all I did was take my spark plug out and get my piston all the way up. This is when I made my valve adjustment. I was able to move my valve arms when I made this adjustment. What do I look for in my machines performance if my valves are not set right. Thanks drywaller

 

Unscrew the timing hole cover. Position the piston at TDC on the compression stroke. Pull the recoil starter rope until the mark on the rotor is aligned with the timing notch inside the hole. If the mark is not visible in the timing hole. The piston is on the exhaust stroke. Rotate one turn. Then adjust the valves.

 

thank you cyotechaser. I figured it out and I am sure now that i have successfully adjusted my valves. I found the slash mark in the timing hole window. after that it was all down hill. Thanks again Drywaller

 

I'm glad everything worked out.