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  • #1

    Cam Chain Tool

    I will be replacing my cam chain soon and wanted to know if there was a suitable tool or "rig" to break and link the chain aside from the $85 tool.

    From the look of it, a small vice looks like it will work, but I'm just asking around. Thanks!
    1980 XS11g Standard - "Ash"
    4 to 2 Exhaust
    K&N Pod Filters
    Fuel Filters
    Inline shut off valves
    Slotted Rotors
    My heart and soul

    Soon to have stainless lines, xs750 FD, lightened rotors, and HID headlight

    1979 Special Project Bike
    Non-gasoline conversion
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  • #2
    cam chain tool

    Mikesxs.com has a $35 cam chain tool that works just fine.
    2H7 (79) owned since '89
    3H3 owned since '06

    "If it ain't broke, modify it"

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    • #3
      Oh wow...

      I only looked at Partsnmore and z1enterprises. Thanks phil!
      1980 XS11g Standard - "Ash"
      4 to 2 Exhaust
      K&N Pod Filters
      Fuel Filters
      Inline shut off valves
      Slotted Rotors
      My heart and soul

      Soon to have stainless lines, xs750 FD, lightened rotors, and HID headlight

      1979 Special Project Bike
      Non-gasoline conversion

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      • #4
        Dremmel tool with a cut-off disk.
        Skids (Sid Hansen)

        Down to one 1978 E. Stock air box with K&N filter, 81H pipes and carbs, 8500 feet elevation.

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        • #5
          Like Skids said... but you can use any grinder to cut it... just drop a cloth over what you can on the head to keep the metal shavings out as much as possible. I used a 4 inch grinder on mine.

          The replacement chain's final master link will have a pin that is hollow. After inserting the final link onto the chain and attaching with the pin, just use a center punch to peen out the edges of that hollow pin to keep it from sliding back out.

          The special tools are nice to have, but definately not needed.


          Tod
          Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

          You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

          Current bikes:
          '06 Suzuki DR650
          *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
          '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
          '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
          '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
          '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
          '81 XS1100 Special
          '81 YZ250
          '80 XS850 Special
          '80 XR100
          *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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          • #6
            Go to a bicycle shop and get a chain tool there, $10.
            Pat Kelly
            <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

            1978 XS1100E (The Force)
            1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
            2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
            1999 Suburban (The Ship)
            1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
            1968 F100 (Valentine)

            "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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            • #7
              No way

              Pat...will the same chain tool used on my Huffy work on my XS?! You have got to be kidding me. Really?!
              1980 XS11g Standard - "Ash"
              4 to 2 Exhaust
              K&N Pod Filters
              Fuel Filters
              Inline shut off valves
              Slotted Rotors
              My heart and soul

              Soon to have stainless lines, xs750 FD, lightened rotors, and HID headlight

              1979 Special Project Bike
              Non-gasoline conversion

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              • #8
                Worked for me
                Pat Kelly
                <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

                1978 XS1100E (The Force)
                1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
                2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
                1999 Suburban (The Ship)
                1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
                1968 F100 (Valentine)

                "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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                • #9
                  Just bought a cam chain and a valve cover gasket tonight off e-bay, not sure if I needed it, but this noise I hear has gotten worse, don't sound like a valve or a rod, no loss of power just this tinny noise thats aggravating, it's loudest when cruising around 65 mph, is there another way to check to see if the chain is bad? Thanks 'Dog

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                  • #10
                    Have you done a chain adjustment?


                    Tod
                    Try your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.

                    You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!

                    Current bikes:
                    '06 Suzuki DR650
                    *'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
                    '82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
                    '82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
                    '82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
                    '82 XJ1100 Parts bike
                    '81 XS1100 Special
                    '81 YZ250
                    '80 XS850 Special
                    '80 XR100
                    *Crashed/Totalled, still own

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                    • #11
                      Trbig, thanks for the reply, I have adjusted the cam chain periodical, over the last 65,000 miles, the bike had 12,000 on it when I bought it, I've noticed that a lot of the bikes need this replacement around this mileage or sooner. Thanks 'Dog

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