Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

I'm having lots of problems setting the valves on a Kawasaki V-Twin, FH451V-AS09.

What is the procedure?  What's gets positioned first and how does the admustment go from there?

If you know please describe what happens and be careful about terms as there are two "nuts".  There's the inside nut mounted at the back of the case.  It's a nut which seems to be welded to a bold/stud that is threaded.  The rocker mounts to that and held on with a nut which has a collar.  On the inside of the nut with the collar is an allen screw.  

Who's on first??

Thanks for posting the instructions Trouts.

It would appear that adjusting the valve lash is pretty much opposite to what I'm used to.  Normally, on the engines I've worked on, the nut it what locks the mechanism in place and the screw in the center is used to make the adjustment. 

I own a Kawasaki twin so, I'll be capturing your instructions and saving it as a file for future use.