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Title: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: steven_c on February 17, 2005, 01:08:20 PM
Hello,  this is my first post on this board. I have a 95 sidekick with the 16v motor. I plan on adjusting the valves but according to the manual they recommend a "special tool". What is this special tool.

Thanks
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: wildgoody on February 17, 2005, 03:01:09 PM
12mm wrench (8V is 12 mm), a feeler
guage with bent tips and a screwdriver,
I'm sure you'll do fine with these

Ohh, and welcome to the board ;D

Wild
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: HotRod on February 17, 2005, 03:19:28 PM
Welcome aboard ;D
I think the "special tool". is just a money thing.
I did mine and didn't even know I needed one. ;D
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: Zuki One on February 17, 2005, 05:36:58 PM
yup thats what i would say wild!
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: Bobzooki on February 18, 2005, 02:10:47 AM
Going through the FSM, I would say this is true about most of their "special tools".

Oh, look - you need a left handed 12.7mm 30º offset bifurcated ambihelical hexnut extraction tool.

Hmm, looks like vise-grips will work on that!
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: SnoFalls on February 18, 2005, 03:38:59 AM
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I did mine and didn't even know I needed one. ;D


Me too ...
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: Natebert on February 18, 2005, 04:29:27 AM
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left handed 12.7mm 30º offset bifurcated ambihelical hexnut extraction tool.

I'd bet a bent, open-ended, 12mm wrench that's been well used would work too
Title: Re: Valve adjustment tool?
Post by: Rhinoman on February 18, 2005, 10:25:46 AM
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Oh, look - you need a left handed 12.7mm 30º offset bifurcated ambihelical hexnut extraction tool.


Lol, 12.7mm, yeah that sounds like a typical Japanese 'metric' measurement. I get a lot of them at work. 12.7mm, 25.4mm, 6.35mm  ;D ;D