Oil pan is right there to remove with the exhaust pulled off. Nice. [ATTACH]
It's crazy but the engine did sound a bit quieter with the new tensioner installed. I feel I should try the other tensioner but figured out a new...
Well Crap........I put the rear tensioner in and started the bike. Same noise. Looks like the engine is going to come out, I think I have "early...
Excellent job Stray, painting is such witchcraft!
Cam Chain Tensioners... I bought front and rear used ones off an 89 model and there does not appear to be a lot of difference between the 89 and...
I checked this out and the are in perfect shape....cams are already out so no problem checking that out.
Alright, I got the tensioner for the rear cylinder out and took a look at it. It has a spring loaded piston that loads the cam chain slipper....
Power back on! YAY!!!!!!
Thanks for asking! Still no power and We had to abandon the house after 2 nights of 88F temperatures, And Neighbor's generator keeping us up all...
Thanks, Stray! We were about due for one. Last really big one was in 2017.
Yeah, not sure a used one will be much better. I just got run out of town by that stupid Hurricane so not sure when we will go back.
I am all over it NCB!
It is making all that noise just like you say. I will be taking the rear tensioner out first, it seemed to make the most noise. It is BAD....
:homer: Yeah for real....the more I think about this sounds like an ill advised move
S-man, the compression check was inconclusive because of my crappy gauge. I did do a leak down test (with another crappy HF gauge) and it said it...
Let me see if I can figure out some issues that may help you in the future! I took a break from the engine and started working on the fuel...
So I buttoned everything back up and started it...It fired right up but has a pretty good amount of noise (tapping) coming from the rear cylinder....
I worked at a Honda dealer for 4 years in a college town.....I have seen some shit in my time!
Update, could not even get a 0.002" under any of the valves on the front cylinder. It is suppossed to have 0.006" to 0,008". So I am guessing...
I bought my last one there and it was a POS. Reads really low, like so low it can't possibly be right. Or maybe I am doing it wrong. I did buy...
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