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devil1 08-10-10 05:26 PM

Cam chain rattle?
 
whats a quick way to stop the rattle

Spanner Man 08-10-10 05:28 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
Good evening.


You can try freeing off the tensioner, by removing it, & giving it a good lube up whilst moving it through its full range a couple of times. Most likely though, you'll need to replace it.


Cheers.

devil1 08-10-10 05:54 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
ok thanks by the way the engine has only done 17k and it only seems to be the front pot will have to take the whole unit out to do it

Spanner Man 09-10-10 02:24 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
Good afternoon.


The tensioner is a bit of a fiddle to remove, but you can do it with the engine in situ.
Tensioners can fail at any mileage. I've known of several that have packed up at well under 17k.


Cheers.

keir 09-10-10 09:38 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
mine was near on dead at 8k... although it was 9 years old by this point! changed for a good second hand one at my local garge was £80.

KC BRG 10-10-10 05:15 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
buy a new one. u don't want to trust a use part in this case . it may be as bad as what u have or worse.:(

yorkie_chris 10-10-10 05:28 PM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
Some rattle is normal

Quote:

Originally Posted by keir (Post 2389644)
mine was near on dead at 8k... although it was 9 years old by this point! changed for a good second hand one at my local garge was £80.

How do you know it was near dead?

keir 11-10-10 10:50 AM

Re: cam chain rattle
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris (Post 2390010)
Some rattle is normal



How do you know it was near dead?

because it sounded like a ducatti.

collis 12-10-10 10:50 AM

Re: Cam chain rattle?
 
gonna share a thread as this kinda follows suit.
I was running my bike last night and ran the engine up to about 2500 RPM and i notice a slight rattle comming from the engine, before and past that point all was find so was this the cam chain simply adjusting itself at this point?
Bike runs fine and there appears to be no rattles appart from the vtwin rattle that all bikes get.

yorkie_chris 12-10-10 02:03 PM

Re: Cam chain rattle?
 
It is a sleeve inside tensioner that vibrates... 2500rpm must just be the harmonic that it happens to rattle at.


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