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valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Mon Jan 28, 2013 1:10 am

im rebuilding a blue oem.
and none of my extra shims are thin enough! according to the factory manuel... how do grind the shims to size?

and how does that shim less bucket conversion work? how is the clearance compensated for that?
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Re: valve shims

Postby ga_goosh » Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:46 am

you will have to get new shims. i would not try to grind them down. just get the correct sizes. for the shimless buckets you can get a set from a yaris. they fit the 4age perfectly. the shim is simply built into the bucket. instead of changing shims you would change buckets.
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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:52 am

If the shims listed for the 4ag are not small enough there are thinner shims from another Toyota motor that will work. Let me know if you need part numbers. If your in SoCal I have a bunch of shims too.

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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:54 am

Here are the part numbers actually in case anyone else may need them some day.
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Btw. If you have to use any of these smaller sizes then you will not be able to do the buckets unless you grind your valves shorter.

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Re: valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:48 pm

ethergore2 wrote:If the shims listed for the 4ag are not small enough there are thinner shims from another Toyota motor that will work. Let me know if you need part numbers. If your in SoCal I have a bunch of shims too.



i left my notebook where i did all the calculations at my garage. then i ll know what size i need i think it was in the lower 2.00s. so all these thinkness is available? and will work with bluetop buckets?

thanks guys so much!
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Re: valve shims

Postby Illegal_Garage » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:50 pm

post the izes you need in inches.
I have a whole case of them

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Re: valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:53 pm

Illegal_Garage wrote:post the izes you need in inches.
I have a whole case of them

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Re: valve shims

Postby oldeskewltoy » Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:28 am

http://www.cylinderheadsupply.com/valve ... -25mm.html

as thin as 2.3mm, and quite a bit less expensive then Toyota
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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Sat Feb 02, 2013 8:30 am

OST-I'm bookmarking that site. Thanks.

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Re: valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Wed Feb 06, 2013 8:27 pm

i need
2.60 or anything lower x2
2.72 x2
2.73
2.74
2.75
2.78

please if anyone has these shim sizes! ill buy it off you thanks!!!
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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:50 am

runkillerrabbit wrote:i need
2.60 or anything lower x2
2.72 x2
2.73
2.74
2.75
2.78

please if anyone has these shim sizes! ill buy it off you thanks!!!


Ill see what I have when I get home. With those numbers you could probably do bucket-less shims.

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Re: valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:44 am

eventually i might convert it to shimless.. but this is my budget oem/ junk yard build.
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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Thu Feb 07, 2013 3:46 pm

Here is what I have. I measured in inches and then converted to mm. Some readings were so close in inches that they converted to the same mm so I'm not sure how to interpret which shim they are. To be the most accurate I suggest comparing what I have to what you need in inches.

Here is what I have in inches:
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Here is what I have in mm:
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Let me know if I can help.

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Re: valve shims

Postby runkillerrabbit » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:00 pm

thanks man! ill let you know what i need soon where are you located?
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Re: valve shims

Postby ethergore2 » Thu Feb 07, 2013 4:07 pm

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