XJ900 Valve clearance issues

[joolz89]

I am after some advice if possible.

I am in the process of doing my valve clearance on a 1997 XJ900.

Three of my intakes are out of spec and tight. This issue I am having after doing the maths is the shims required are between the 0.5mm increments you can get and if I go .05 shim below or .05 shim over it is putting the clearance either slightly tight or slightly loose on re-measure.

Can you get shims in lower increments steps as I can't seem to find anywhere online and if not are they better being on the loose or tight side?

Thanks

Jules

[Flymo]

Loose ( i.e a wider gap than needed ) is always better than too tight ( smaller gap than needed )

regards Flymo

[joolz89]

Thanks for the reply and advice. i having another play with it today so I will see how I get on.