I joined this forum to get helpful info about maintenance jobs on my '00 Fazer with 48kmileage that I picked up for a nice price. So far I've got 100% satisfaction and support from you guys. I'm posting in this thread as I also had bad cam chain chatter and immediately did something about it. So posting my experience. The chatter sound was annoying me to the extent that it was preventing me from enjoying the bike. So I asked around and humbucker88 kindly got me on the right track and sent me the link details for the correct camchain for my bike : http://www.yamahamotorcyclespares.co.uk/...open?uid=0
I got a tensioner gasket and oil filter wrench at the same time.
Well I've done a cam belt on a rover 216 and 416 before lol so thought bollox it's only nuts n bolts, and opened up the rocker cover and split the old cam chain. Spark plugs out, Carbs off first of course and tensioner out showed only 3 clicks left on auto tension mechanism.
Cam shafts out.
Linked the new chain to the old and fed it through. I used some spare jeweller's type thin wire tied to the handle bars tohold the ends of the chain up and prevent them from dropping into the engine.
Bought a cam chain riveter from machine mart and went home to round off the new cam chain rivets.
TDC aligned then cams back in and out, till I fathomed out a method to correctly align everything. First time I've done this, but im sure next time I could do it in fraction of the time.
Once all buttoned down I pissed my wife off because I was so keen to finish off and get it started, I didn't come out to lay the table for dinner lol
Fired up and the difference was immediate. No chain chatter at all, just a lovely burble from the exhaust.
So for those finding this thread on a search for cam chain replacing, like I did.. Just do it it's easy enough as far as mechanical jobs go IMO. Just cover the spark plug holes and gaps in the engine with rags, while doing it.
Checking the remaining tensioner clicks was the key thing that made me take the plunge and change the chain. So I'd say check that before anything.
Cheers Gav
I got a tensioner gasket and oil filter wrench at the same time.
Well I've done a cam belt on a rover 216 and 416 before lol so thought bollox it's only nuts n bolts, and opened up the rocker cover and split the old cam chain. Spark plugs out, Carbs off first of course and tensioner out showed only 3 clicks left on auto tension mechanism.
Cam shafts out.
Linked the new chain to the old and fed it through. I used some spare jeweller's type thin wire tied to the handle bars tohold the ends of the chain up and prevent them from dropping into the engine.
Bought a cam chain riveter from machine mart and went home to round off the new cam chain rivets.
TDC aligned then cams back in and out, till I fathomed out a method to correctly align everything. First time I've done this, but im sure next time I could do it in fraction of the time.
Once all buttoned down I pissed my wife off because I was so keen to finish off and get it started, I didn't come out to lay the table for dinner lol
Fired up and the difference was immediate. No chain chatter at all, just a lovely burble from the exhaust.
So for those finding this thread on a search for cam chain replacing, like I did.. Just do it it's easy enough as far as mechanical jobs go IMO. Just cover the spark plug holes and gaps in the engine with rags, while doing it.
Checking the remaining tensioner clicks was the key thing that made me take the plunge and change the chain. So I'd say check that before anything.
Cheers Gav
This week I've been mostly tinkering in the garage