Valve Clearance

Leo

New member
Jun 30, 2017
3
0
0
Australia
Hi all new to this forum and i find it very interesting,
always playing with something in my garage, this time
i have a Kubota GH130 engine that i found on the side of the
road for the council pickup, have pulled it apart and found
that the rocker on the valve had come of, nothing broken
or bent, so my question is does anyone know the valve clearance
for the intake and exhaust for a Kubota GH130 engine.

thanks in advance

Leo
 

Dave_eng

Well-known member
Lifetime Member

Equipment
M7040, Nuffield 465
Oct 6, 2012
5,257
1,043
113
Williamstown Ontario Canada
This link does not directly answer your question but provides a lot of info on that series of engine.

http://www.css-club.net/kubota_catalog/pdf/GH.pdf

For the engine to be of any real versatile use to you, check the type of engine output shaft. There are several optional shafts it could be. If it is a tapered shaft things get complicated. The tapered shaft engines were for water pumps where the impeller slid unto the taper and locked there.

Generators had armatures which used the tapered engine shaft to get connected to the engine.

If it has a tapered shaft, it is likely the end housing of the engine block will be different than a utility engine which is designed to have things like pressure washer pumps bolted to them.

Sometimes you can find a tapered adapter for the shaft and then put a pulley or sprocket on the adapter to power something.

I have a larger engine, about 260 cc, from a Honda 3500 EM Generator I wanted to make use of after the generator armature burned out which is where I got my education on tapered shaft and engine blocks. I found an engine block end from a wrecked engine so I solved that problem. I kept the armature and cut it apart to get to the armature shaft which fit the engine shaft. I am going to use it to make an adapter to go from the tapered engine shaft to a round shaft.

I want to make a pressure washer but the machine shop work I need done to make everything connect is going to be more expensive than buying a factory made pressure washer.

You could safely start your project by measuring the valve clearance of the one that is still in place and use its setting to begin with. Until you are making the engine work hard it, all it needs is a few thousands of an inch clearance. Once you have it running you can then decide how much of a gem you have. The only free on line manuals I have found want my credit card # including the 3 special numbers on the back of the cards so no go.

If it is an engine worth keeping and you still need the info, I would first ask at a dealership.

Dave M7040
 
Last edited:

Leo

New member
Jun 30, 2017
3
0
0
Australia
ok have checked the shaft, it has a small pully for a belt and the shaft is
straight 3/4 inch looks to be the P1 on the chart, so i am getting
somewhere, next will be the dealer call and see how i go.
 

Dave_eng

Well-known member
Lifetime Member

Equipment
M7040, Nuffield 465
Oct 6, 2012
5,257
1,043
113
Williamstown Ontario Canada
Leo

Glad your shaft is not tapered. That is a great start.

While I am happy to help you, I have never see anyone with a small engine on this forum. It may not be the best place for you to get the help you need.

I have looked on small engine forums on the web and cannot find anywhere Kubota small engines are even mentioned. There are Briggs, Kohler, Kawasaki, Honda, Tecumseh, Subaru-Robin, Predator and clones no Kubota

Kubota engine web site I can access from North America have never heard of your engine.

To find someone who knows or has an engine like yours, I suggest you try searching for small engine forums in and around Australia. It could be that Kubota only markets those engines in certain parts of the world. I think the key to the search is not Kubota but "small engines." I see a web site of ancient lawn mowers in Australia which I have never heard of.

https://www.pinterest.com/stevebetts1460/vintage-australian-made-lawn-mowers-and-its-engine/

I went on Ebay Australia and found a GH340 engine which does not show up in North America which is good to know there are that model of engine around where you live.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kubota-G...608822?hash=item20fe5f40b6:g:IIsAAOSwT6pVkjjN

And a smaller one:

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/KUBOTA-G...317574?hash=item46655d3386:g:7XkAAOSwcBhWXYgk

Even if you find a place more helpful and knowledgeable please let me know how you make out.

Dave M7040
 
Last edited: