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Well I met my demise with the tensioner.
I done it before with no ill effects but this time I must of back the bolt to far waiting for that click sound so I tighten it back up and tried turning the motor over by hand and it jamb up on me. I didn't force it thank god I didn't try and start it probably would have destroyed the top end
Of course not thinking I turned the motor counter clock wise enough to free it up but it did a few clicks and then by then I knew jump a clog or 2 LOL.
So out of time I am mad at myself thinking that I'm going to ruin a great Jap Bike.
So now what.
I got the manual out Clymer's of course but doesn't say much about how to fix it but enough information that I needed to know so I went at it.
And got it done WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS probably cause I have no clue what I was doing.
What I did is try to get as close to TDC even if your out at 4 clock on that dial LOL!
Had to pull off the Valve cover pulled out the Tensioner reef up on that Cam Chain just enough to turn one Cam at a time to line up the Dots and Arrows without dropping the chain off the Crank once I got the Cams where I wanted them I put the chain back on top of the Cam chain guide and sprockets letting the slack drop down enough then put my finger against the Cam chain though the tensioner hole to release enough pressure off the Crank then I slowly turn the Crank to TDC I had enough slack to do this without moving my Cams. I really had to make sure that my chain was good on the crank sprocket so I jiggled it back and forth with the wrench.
Then reinstall Cam Tensioner Slowly set it to the big C mark then reset the Tensioner.
Then I slowly turned the motor by hand making sure it wasn't going to jamb on me again and that the Cams were going to line up at TDC rotated it a few times more to TDC everything look good after 4 tries LOL! Finally got it.
Man even if your off one clog you're SOL
For awhile there I was getting frustrate with that chain was pretty hard getting enough slack to turn the cam with a wrench so I did not bugger up anything.
Put it back together and she fired right up was I happy to hear it run again went out and put a few miles on her.
Runs pretty sweet now I definitely don't want to go through this again might have to go with a self adjuster while I was in there I had a look at the cam lobes they look good as I didn't notice any abnormities did the feeler gauge thing everything up to spec.
Has this ever happened to you trying to think where I went wrong maybe over tighten the lock bolt and put to much pressure against the chain was on a level floor before doing the adjustment so I know that's wasn't a problem.
Rick
I done it before with no ill effects but this time I must of back the bolt to far waiting for that click sound so I tighten it back up and tried turning the motor over by hand and it jamb up on me. I didn't force it thank god I didn't try and start it probably would have destroyed the top end
Of course not thinking I turned the motor counter clock wise enough to free it up but it did a few clicks and then by then I knew jump a clog or 2 LOL.
So out of time I am mad at myself thinking that I'm going to ruin a great Jap Bike.
So now what.
I got the manual out Clymer's of course but doesn't say much about how to fix it but enough information that I needed to know so I went at it.
And got it done WHAT A PAIN IN THE ASS probably cause I have no clue what I was doing.
What I did is try to get as close to TDC even if your out at 4 clock on that dial LOL!
Had to pull off the Valve cover pulled out the Tensioner reef up on that Cam Chain just enough to turn one Cam at a time to line up the Dots and Arrows without dropping the chain off the Crank once I got the Cams where I wanted them I put the chain back on top of the Cam chain guide and sprockets letting the slack drop down enough then put my finger against the Cam chain though the tensioner hole to release enough pressure off the Crank then I slowly turn the Crank to TDC I had enough slack to do this without moving my Cams. I really had to make sure that my chain was good on the crank sprocket so I jiggled it back and forth with the wrench.
Then reinstall Cam Tensioner Slowly set it to the big C mark then reset the Tensioner.
Then I slowly turned the motor by hand making sure it wasn't going to jamb on me again and that the Cams were going to line up at TDC rotated it a few times more to TDC everything look good after 4 tries LOL! Finally got it.
Man even if your off one clog you're SOL
For awhile there I was getting frustrate with that chain was pretty hard getting enough slack to turn the cam with a wrench so I did not bugger up anything.
Put it back together and she fired right up was I happy to hear it run again went out and put a few miles on her.
Runs pretty sweet now I definitely don't want to go through this again might have to go with a self adjuster while I was in there I had a look at the cam lobes they look good as I didn't notice any abnormities did the feeler gauge thing everything up to spec.
Has this ever happened to you trying to think where I went wrong maybe over tighten the lock bolt and put to much pressure against the chain was on a level floor before doing the adjustment so I know that's wasn't a problem.
Rick
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