Clicking sound in primary drive 1987 vfr700f2

the vfr developed a clicking sound in the primary area ..pulled the cover nothing fell out..any ideas on what might be clicking? pulling in the clutch lever does not affect it..any ideas on were to start looking ..starter drive? does it at a ilde or at speed.bike only has 9400 miles on it .did notice the oil pumpdrive chain is slightly loose...thanks gregg in ohio

 

Have you done an accurate carb synch ??

Very unusual but there could be a broken spring at the rear of the basket maybe but with such low miles not likely. Not related to starter clutch or pump chain.

Could it be a valve tick ??

 

just did a carb sync and everything was good ..only had to adjust one carb ,,gonna pull it aprt and have a look..gregg

 

well im gonna check the valves again

maybe it is a ticking valve transmitting the noise down thru the cam gears to the crank in the final drive unit..but still with the poor mans stethiscope the noise is comming fron the center of the primary case,,valve train sounds nice and quiet..i dunno maybe a one way roller and spring in the starter unit to a crap does it at idle or at speed and comes and goes,,there is alot of crap in the one way starter unit gregg

 

May be worth you time to pull it apart and inspect the gears,basket, and starter clutch. That would drive me nuts wondering what it was. Any way to post a clip of the noise?

 

well i removed all the starter parts dissasembled the split gear with springs and removed all the rollers in the slip clutch suspect noise ,,didnt find a thing that looked out of norm..course i didnt put he rollers in the same paositions the came out of ? used some federal mogul assy lube thick green stuff on the rollers and reassembled eveything ..didnt remove the clutch basket..slapped her together and didnt hear any noise..mmmmmm-seems like the rollers dont get that much oil in the cage its in maybe it was dry for some reason and chattering..anyway took a test ride and sounded good..i look for it to return ..but thats where im at now,,rode both bikes today the 86 and 87 vf700,s great wx for ohio later guys gregg in ohio