Mitch81special
XS650 Enthusiast
Hi all,
I'm just about finished a top end rebuild of my 81 and I installed a new cam chain. Boy was that thing tough to wrestle on there but I read this is normal. When re-installing the cam chain tensioner I noticed as I spun the engine that there was absolutely no movement in the pin, even with it loosened right off. Is this normal with it being a new chain? I'm thinking after a few hundred miles it should loosen up and I'd see some movement in that pin.
I'm just about finished a top end rebuild of my 81 and I installed a new cam chain. Boy was that thing tough to wrestle on there but I read this is normal. When re-installing the cam chain tensioner I noticed as I spun the engine that there was absolutely no movement in the pin, even with it loosened right off. Is this normal with it being a new chain? I'm thinking after a few hundred miles it should loosen up and I'd see some movement in that pin.