I have been told that I will need to adjust the valves on my 2002 v star 1100 every 4000 miles. Is this true? do they have hydrolic lifters? Where can I order or get a owners manuel free or cheep?

Depends on the year and engine. The older engines have hydrolic lifters. The newer engines 06 and up with CVVT have solid lifters so you would have to pull the valve covers and use a feeler gauge to measure clearances and replace the tappets accordingly.

Valve Lash (Clearance) Adjustment

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These engines are equipped with hydraulic valve lifters. No valve clearance adjustments are necessary.Here's a link to help.

This car has hydraulic lifters( tappets} therefore should not adjustment, you probably have a bad or weak lifter. But, in any case you have to remove the valve covers to make the adjustment. You will see the adjustable bolt on the rocker arm. rotate the engine until the valve is all the way to the top, [no tension on the valve spring] then place a feeler Gage in between the rocker arm and the valve stem, adjust the rocker arm until the feeler Gage is snug but not tight. Do this with each valve. Check the book for the correct Gage to use but I think it is a .018.

if its upper noise eg folowers and lifters if they are hydrolic lifters where these replaced are the cams ok if they are manually ajustable tappets these can be ajusted unless the following are goosed again the cams are pitted or mishapen will need new cam shaft the lifter rods are worn or week valve springs
but if they are hydrolic will have to be replaced inc cam shaft hope this makes sence ivan

Hi Nick, Valve noise will be there all the time, unless the vehicle has hydrolic lifters. if it has then the lifters should be replaced. If it has adjustments you can check the clearance with a feeler gauge, but I believe the sound is more likely to be low oil pressure. this can be caused by the wrong oil filter having been fitted or the oil pump becoming weak. The third reason is wear on the connecting rod or main engine bearings. With mechanical adjustable followers the noise will be steady at all times and not disappear . As you haven't named the vehicle or engine type it's a little difficult to be explicit. Regards Johngee10

The lifters on your vehicle would not be adjustable, so depending on mileage, a lifter could need replacing. Listen to this sound to determine if it is at engine speed, or at camshaft speed, which is half as fast. If at engine speed, it could be any number of things. If at camshaft speed, it couild be a broken vavle spring, a sticky valve or a noisy lifter.

If that is true, it is bad. I would venture a guess that is not correct however. Your Isuzu is not that old and if it has been properly maintained, (especially oil changes, has not been overheated), then I assure you, this is not the case. How many miles does your vehicle have? What are the symptoms? I assume, some sort of tapping noise? If that is the case, the most common cause would be a hydrolic lifter not pumping up, not piston slap. Good Luck! I hope you find this to be very helpful.

How many mile are on the bike? There is no hydraulic lifers in your bike and if you are hearing a ticking sound then I would have to say it would need a valve ajustment.

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the cam uses screw and locknut adjustable rockers on it. this allow the valves to be adjusted by just loosening the lock nut and adjusting the screw to the specified clearance at top dead center compression. hope this helps. thank you.

No, they are hydrolic lash/lifters, no adjustment.