10-03-21, 09:46 PM
Hi all
My first post so hello from me and please be gentle..
I have a 1998 FZS600 with pretty square eyes. Generally very tidy.
It was my wife's but I confiscated it because she stopped riding it. Its got 28800 miles on the clock.
I took it out for a 40 mile ride (err.. house hunting) on Tuesday. The bike is running really well and very smoothly - except for a knock at tick over. Its too slow to be a bearing knock, I am pretty sure that its the cam chain knocking. I have to admit that I haven't heard it before but I am actually quite (almost totally) deaf.
I gather that the cam chains have a life of about 30000 miles so it could be due for a change.
I assume that I don't have to lift the bottom end to replace the chain, I am happy to grind off a rivet of two to split the chain, but are there any recommended non endless chain kits that I can buy to replace the chain? I haven't been able to find one at the usual suspects.
Before I start ripping the bike apart, is there anything else I need to check? I am lifting the carbs out in the next few days (replace the inlet rubbers that have perished) so can get at the cam chain tensioner. Do they have a habit of sticking?
Thanks
Martyn
My first post so hello from me and please be gentle..
I have a 1998 FZS600 with pretty square eyes. Generally very tidy.
It was my wife's but I confiscated it because she stopped riding it. Its got 28800 miles on the clock.
I took it out for a 40 mile ride (err.. house hunting) on Tuesday. The bike is running really well and very smoothly - except for a knock at tick over. Its too slow to be a bearing knock, I am pretty sure that its the cam chain knocking. I have to admit that I haven't heard it before but I am actually quite (almost totally) deaf.
I gather that the cam chains have a life of about 30000 miles so it could be due for a change.
I assume that I don't have to lift the bottom end to replace the chain, I am happy to grind off a rivet of two to split the chain, but are there any recommended non endless chain kits that I can buy to replace the chain? I haven't been able to find one at the usual suspects.
Before I start ripping the bike apart, is there anything else I need to check? I am lifting the carbs out in the next few days (replace the inlet rubbers that have perished) so can get at the cam chain tensioner. Do they have a habit of sticking?
Thanks
Martyn