camchain nosie

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jeff
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camchain nosie

Post by jeff »

I have 29,ooo miles on my 95 voyager sometimes I here what I think is a cam chain noise it comes and goes it seems to run fine ,it this normal? jeff
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Re: camchain nosie

Post by voyager55 »

Your cam chain nosy is most likely normal. These engines make a lot of nose
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Re: camchain nosie

Post by TenRacing »

I would recommend pulling the cam chain tensioner and resetting it, and re installing it, if it is not extending the way it should it will make the cam chain wear out faster than normal...

(speaking from experience of owning a 130k bike that has a bad cam chain and 'had' a stuck tensioner.)
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