Posted by Pete F on 8/3/2009, 10:00 pm, in reply to "chain slap"
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Gary,
Are you sure its CAMCHAIN noise.
If your carbs are out of sync, your engine will be out of balance and make all kinds of rattles and noises.
Its unlikely its chain slap if your bike has done less than 50,000 miles.
You need to cover all adjustments first before blaming the camchain.
Pete F
Up North
--Previous Message--
: Hello all.
: I've recently fired the old girl up since
: the winter break and was a tad concerned to
: hear what appears to be chain slap (cam)
: coming from the engine. The bike has had the
: cam chain mod done and I can't understand
: why it should just suddenly start now? The
: bike really needs setting up on the dyno as
: the idleing is erratic so could it just be a
: balance problem or something much more
: sinister?
: Cheers all.
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