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How To: Valve Lash Adjustment for the Piaggio 150 LEADER Engine

This procedure applies to all Piaggio 150 LEADER engine applications. Specific disassembly/assembly instruction and tips are based on ET4 construction. Other Piaggio models may require their own specific chassis disassembly/assembly instruction, but all engine disassembly/assembly instruction is common to the 150 LEADER engine.

Time Required: 2 hours
Skills Required: Use of hand tools (screw driver, fixed wrench, socket driver, feeler gauge)
Degree of Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
Parts required: Slight chance of uncovering a damaged rocker cover O-ring seal
Actual complete itinerary of tools used:


Procedure:
Valve lash can only be set on a cold engine, so let the scooter sit overnight
Remove the right-hand-side rear fender skirt
Remove the exhaust pipe
Remove the fan shroud

Remove the cooling fan

Remove the spark plug/rocker cover access hatch
Remove the storage bucket from under the seat
Disconnect the oil run-off hose from the oil run-off cover

Remove the lower shock absorber bolt

Remove the 4 rocker cover bolts by rotating the engine to gain access to the bolts

Remove the rocker cover by simultaneously rotating the engine and working the rocker cover through the access opening
Align the timing marks on the fan with the edge of the machined surface on the crankcase

Verify the 2V reference mark on the cam is aligned with the reference point
If the marks are not aligned, rotate the fan one full revolution

Adjust the valve clearance
Intake 0.004in (0.10mm)
Exhaust 0.006in (0.15mm)
Inspect the rocker cover gasket for defects, and replace if warranted

Refit the rocker cover and torque the 4 bolts to 8.1-9.6 ft-lbs (11 - 13 nm)
Refit all remaining parts in reverse order of removal

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Last edited by addicted on Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:46:52 +0000; edited 1 time

With this tool kit:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tough-113-Piece-SAE-and-Metric-Socket-and-End-Wrench-Mechanics-Tool-Set-UJ5390TA/776265339

And a set of feeler gauges do I have all the necessary tools for a valve job on an 09 fly 150?

Last edited by CaliScooterGuy on Fri, 24 Sep 2021 03:12:25 +0000; edited 1 time

You'll probably need some extensions and larger wrenches that aren't in that set.

That's what I was trying to figure out which extensions do I need, I see they have scooter valve job tool kits but I wasn't sure if that was all I needed or if they were worth buying, would a general one be ok or do I need one specific to vespa/piaggio as they can be more expensive ($60+)

Unfortunately the post above, as informative as it is, doesn't have a list of the tools used in the picture, I know what a lot of them are and have them, I just don't want to buy a bunch of stuff I don't need or get my scooter apart and then have to stop because I'm missing a tool.