Update on Raptor CCT since install

[ddragon63]

So I've put 120 miles on the old dog since the install... all going good. Engine is a bit more noisy with the auto cct (and valve adjustment) but not to the point of making you want to investigate. My Fairing amplifies it a bit going down the freeway sustaining 4500-5000 rpm but I'm sure it will just become another noise I will forget about soon.
or drown out with the radio
The first time I rode it I kept hearing a jingle rattle sound @ a certain rpm... tund out it was my keys rattling on my handle bars as I was lugging thru the gears....

for $9 and 20 minutes of my time it was a mod worth wild

[Jfries]

a friend told me that with the auto CCT or whatever starts to go out/goes out on these the motor can tick like crazy and you cant do anything about it but replace it again. unlike the manual ones were you can just adjust it to stop the ticking.. ( if any of this makes sense) is any of this true.

[motoman]

a friend told me that with the auto CCT or whatever starts to go out/goes out on these the motor can tick like crazy and you cant do anything about it but replace it again. unlike the manual ones were you can just adjust it to stop the ticking.. ( if any of this makes sense) is any of this true.

Only the stock adjuster IS an issue and regularly backs off under a heavily loaded decel, which loads the pressure on the front side of chain..........then the tick can occur with the timing chain hitting case, and if not re-adjusted can cost you a top-end and worse. The auto adjusters don't have the dense fiber material on the front of plunger, so a bit of that chain noise itself transfers through it off the chain guide. Mine being a factory full dresser, I've never noticed the noise, but some have. BTW, for future reference, better to listen what is said here ranther than what a friend might say..........just sayin......

[James England]

I think the slight tick is the end of the plunger in metal to metal contact with the tensioner blade. OEM has the rubber block at the end of it. I don't think it's anything to worry about at all. There's plenty of oil in there and, like you say, a fairing will amplify any noise and make it sound much worse. I only ever noticed my ticking when the bike was running in the workshop, near a wall. Outside, it was unnoticeable.

I'd prefer a regular tick than a one-off BANG as the chain jumps off under deceleration.

I think so many people now have the auto CCT that we would have heard of failures by now, if they were a risky mod. I did about 3,000 miles on mine with no problems at all.

[DGXSER]

Depending how many miles you have on the bike, the noise could be the cam chain getting loose due to it being stretched beyond the adjusters reach.

That may be what your friend was describing Jfries. You do not go in and adjust the auto adjuster, so when it reaches its end, your done. If the chain is stretched beyond that, time for a new chain. Although, realistically, it was probably time for that long before you ran out of reach on one of the auto tensioners.

[ddragon63]

Mine doesnt make a ticking sound, ok will it does but thats in the top end because i set the valves loose so when the oil thins out she ticks a little. The auto cct give the motor a little more growl. its just the harmonics of chain on guide bar, guide bar transfering harmonics to cct, cct absorbing it into its tooled steel plunger. I took my exhaust stethoscope out, ran the motor up to 4000 rpm and set the throttle lock and went hunting. The noise was coming from the gerenal area of the cct according to my findings with the stethoscope. hence my theory of harmonics. Like previously stated there was a hard plastic type pad on the nose of the original cct to absorb more harmonics.

I don't know about you fella's but I think my bike runs better with the auto cct... it seems to be more responsive and idle better. Course I could have just been sniffing too many fumes.

[bikerphil]

I have close to 20K on my ACCT (79SF), it only ticks when the bike is stone cold for about 30 sec. and then it is gone. I'm using the Venture one though.

[jimbyjimb]

I put in a Venture cct three-four weeks ago. In the last two days alone I've put on 200-300 miles of around town cruising and noticed nothing. The Venture cct looks identicle.

[Lonerider62]

The only real complaint I have with my CCT is that it leakes. I think it's leaking from the hold down bolt for the plunger , not the surface between the CCT plate and the cylinder. It's not severe but when a Jap bike leaks any oil it really gets on my nerves. What do you guys have to say about your experience with the stock unit?

[ddragon63]

The only real complaint I have with my CCT is that it leakes. I think it's leaking from the hold down bolt for the plunger , not the surface between the CCT plate and the cylinder. It's not severe but when a Jap bike leaks any oil it really gets on my nerves. What do you guys have to say about your experience with the stock unit?

There is an o ring on that bolt you will need to replace if thats where is leaking from. My stock one leaked from the plug @ the end. So check there also as I've heard others with the same problem.

[natemoen]

There is an o ring on that bolt you will need to replace if thats where is leaking from. My stock one leaked from the plug @ the end. So check there also as I've heard others with the same problem.

+1, that little o-ring