Daymak Valve adjustment/Check

Hi all,
Did my valve adjustment, and thought i show my step by step for any daymak scooter owners out there. I know they are all the same, but looking at your own bike makes it easier.

I learned it from reading the form and special credit goes out to Kaos
( scootdawg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=125ccandlarger4strokegy6&action=display&thread=22784) and Enviromoto
( scootdawg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=discussion&action=display&thread=19177)
You 2 save me about $150 on doing my own valve adjustment!

Engine type 1P57QMJ (150cc)

step 1: take off the plastic molding
When you have all that done you will be left with this.

Step 2: (above photo) Remove oil breather hose on top of valve cover and the pollution control hose on bottom]
Step 3: (above photo) Remove bolts around valve cover (circled in red) And remove the spark plug. Keep the bolts in the cover so you do not lose them
Step 4: Remove the valve cover. I found i had to wiggle mine to get it started. You will be left with this (picture below)

Step 5: (photo below) Remove the Fan cover housing by removing 2 bolts and 2 screws(the screws are just under the plastic side wall)

Once the bolts and screws are out you will have to rotate the cover a bit to get it to come out. The exhaust makes it a tight fit. Once that is done you will be looking at this.

Now we need to move the piston to top dead center(TDC) to close the valves.
Step 6: (photo below) Below the cooling fan there is a copper housing you will find markings on it. There will be a "T" and a "F" with corresponding lines near them. You need to line up the "T" line(line is hard to see in photo) with the outer housing(red arrow)

Step 7: (photo below)Once you have the "T" lined up, look at the chain sprocket where your valves are and see if you have 3 holes. The bigger hole needs to be at the top If you do not see it Go back to step 6 and spin the cooling fan around again. Once you see the big hole at the top with the "T" aligned the 2 smaller holes should be aligned with the motor housing If you have over turned it, just do it all over again till they are aligned.

Step 8: (photo below) Now that you have the piston at TDC pull out your feeler gauge and see where your valves are set too. The valve with EX on it is your exhaust. My Intake was 0.006" and the Exhaust 0.004"

Step 9: to adjust your valves i used a 9mm wrench and an adjustable wrench. Loosen the nut using a 9mm wrench and hold the bolt with adjustable wrench at the same time. After u have it loosened you can adjust the valve with your fingers. I adjusted my intake valves to 0.003" by inserting the feeler gauge that size, and moving the bolt so it was snug, but not to tight on the feeler gauge. Then i screwed the bolt down and re-tighten it. After that is done recheck valve.

Now do the same for the exhaust. Mine read 0.004". So i left it alone.

Once you have done both valves completed, assemble it in reverse order. Make sure to use anti-seize on your spark plug so u can get it out again.

Thanks to all the dawgs out there that taught me how to do this!

Ray