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Last night I went for a ride and on my way home the cam chain tensioner fell out (didn’t realize until this morning when I found a pool of oil under the bike and the tensioner siting under the carb. I believe it happened in the last 30 min of my ride since I didn’t see any oil or...
My 1978 xs650 hardtail chopper has been running rough after it warms up and I let’er rip on the highway, typically past half throttle. It seems like it starting doing it after I adjusted the cam chain tensioner. Carbs cleaned and didn’t change anything. The main jet size has been fine in the...
Anyone with any advice or knowledge of this sound would help. I have found a video/thread that had the exact sound that I have on my XS650SG. In the thread it was never solved or finished back in 2016. Again this is not my engine in the video, it just has the exact sound that I have.
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I have a 1981 xs650 I had a guy from the xs650 australia club member rebuild my engine as it was a basket case and was missing a hell of a lot of parts and he has plenty of access to the parts needed. I have put only 114 k's on it and the cam chain adjuster hosing is pissing oil. There is 6...
wanted to see if anyone would be willing to help in anyway to get my cam chain guide replaced. i live near basking ridge NJ and have a 79 xs650 with 15k miles that has a terrible knocking at idle and while riding. after doing lots of research looks like the cam chain guide is worn out due to it...
So my bike fell over not too long ago and before it did it did not make this noise. Before it fell the timing chain was tensioned correctly and valve clearances were in spec. I've just recently re adjusted the cam chain tension, but haven't adjusted valve clearances yet. I don't see why they...
Hey guys. Sort of a 2 part problem. First off I seem to be missing a part on my cam chain tensioner assembly. As per the parts diagram in my hanes manual it lists a spring seat or "dampener" as Ive seen it discussed in other threads. Its part number 21 in the diagram below. Is this just a...