Patent ID: 9115608
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: F01L,G01B

Abstract:
1. A valve lash adjustment system for setting a valve to a rocker arm clearance for a valve train associated with a particular combustion cylinder for an engine, the valve lash adjustment system comprising: a frame assembly including an engine head attachment portion and an instrument attachment portion, the engine head attachment portion being removably attachable to the engine and the instrument attachment portion being selectively positionable relative to the engine head attachment portion of the frame assembly; an instrument assembly including at least one position sensor and at least one display unit, the at least one position sensor being attached to the engine head attachment portion of the frame assembly and the at least one display unit being attached to the instrument attachment portion of the frame assembly; and a gap setting gauge assembly having a clip member, the clip member having first and second ends, the first end of the clip being configured to be selectively disposed between the valve and the rocker arm, the second end of the clip member being resiliently attached to the frame assembly, wherein the frame assembly, the instrument assembly and the gap setting gauge assembly defining one detachable unit structured and arranged to attach to a head of the engine, the instrument attachment portion of the frame assembly being structured and arranged to be selectively moveable in response to a readout event of the at least one display unit.