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is my cam chain worn - ram - 25-03-21
just changing my advance to a 4 deg one and noticed that the front side of the cam chain has quite a bit of slack. the back side seems tight and the tensioner seems to turn left and right ok under the bolt. is this a normalamount of slack?ive attached a video
Re: is my cam chain worn - celticbiker - 26-03-21
How many miles is on the bike?
Re: is my cam chain worn - unfazed - 26-03-21
Did you turn the engine anticlockwise? Rotate the engine two full turns clockwise to allow the tensioner to take up the slack. that should sort it.
Re: is my cam chain worn - ram - 12-04-21
(26-03-21, 08:49 PM)unfazed link Wrote: Did you turn the engine anticlockwise? Rotate the engine two full turns clockwise to allow the tensioner to take up the slack. that should sort it.i think it might have gone acw when i undid the bolt for the advance plate. i turned it back and it seems to have taken the slack up again thanks
Re: is my cam chain worn - ram - 12-04-21
(26-03-21, 08:33 PM)celticbiker link Wrote: How many miles is on the bike?about 50k i think
Re: is my cam chain worn - celticbiker - 14-04-21
In that case I would think it's definitely worn.
But not very much, if you do regular oil changes and use the bike then a cam chain should last almost forever. I've had bikes over 140000 miles on the original cam chain without any rattles.
My current fz8 is on 80000 and quiet as a ?.