Oh, ok, gotcha, yeah, by checking chain I meant you can feel the tension of chain and turn the engine over a few times by hand feeling if it goes...
The valve clatter could very easily be timing chain clatter but of course check your valve clearances asap but these valves rarely go loose they...
Hey Jeremy, good times ahead! I have an 86 engine in my 84. I had to remove one of the tabs attached to the inside of the back valve cover to be...
I know this has been covered before ( a few times maybe) but what the heck.. Using an infrared thermometer pointed at the bottom aluminum hose...
My condolences on this being your first bike BUT they are fun when running right. Your pilots jets are clogged, get a brand new EBC set from...
There are 3 or 4 over here on ebay right now, mostly from Magnas so they're the 5 speeds but would work just fine if you had no other options....
I didn't even notice the flickering oil light, ok, well that's a good indicator you have at least one very worn bearing somewhere. A few...
There's probably going to be some oil flying everywhere with the valve covers off. I've never had the nerve to try that thinking of the mess plus...
I think you might be right about a rod bearing... did you try disconnecting one plug wire at a time to see if noise changes? As you know, when...
on second listen...it could just be a really loose cam chain rattle... that's probably more like it, it's hard to gauge the volume of the rattle...
does that odometer really read just shy of 70k? wow.
the loud rattle reminded very much of my recent tragic engine death with the dropped valve, it was lodged up in the one of the exhaust valve...
ok!! Were all the valves moving up and down freely as you rotated the engine when you checked it? that sounds very similar to what my engine...
got it! I wasn't clicking!! just previewing!! sorry.
Sorry you went through all that work, getting the engine out and then back isn't the most easy thing to do. Maybe it's just me but I can't hear...
Hey Jeremy, I know all about garage therapy, it works for me too. On my latest engine, I did cut out the plastic spring covers on the cam chain...
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You have at one fairly damaged cam right? If there's a cratered divot in the rocker pad there, that'll be a sure source of noise. You should be...
hey Jeremy, The 86 engine did indeed fit my 84 frame but the back valve cover is very close to the frame on the left side, maybe about 1/4 to 1/2...
Hey mind, You dropped a valve 30 years ago? On a relatively new engine/bike? wow... that's the kind of luck that I'm accustomed to.
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