Andy101
XS650 Member
Hi, please excuse the inexperience here, I’m usually involved with old Brit bikes… I recently acquired a 1980 XS650 se. It had previously been fitted with a Heiden big bore kit. It’s running rough as old dogs so Ive been working my way through it.
As per instructions I have been trying to adjust the cam chain. It is the E type adjuster with the locknut, 59mm adjusted and longer tension rod. However it does not have a bolt on mounting plate, the threaded adjusted screws directly into a boss cast into the barrels. It also does not have the copper or metal/rubber buffer washer. When I turn the engine over the tensioner rod moves in and out approximately 8mm each revolution. Is this normal? How should I best adjust it?
Thanks in advance.
As per instructions I have been trying to adjust the cam chain. It is the E type adjuster with the locknut, 59mm adjusted and longer tension rod. However it does not have a bolt on mounting plate, the threaded adjusted screws directly into a boss cast into the barrels. It also does not have the copper or metal/rubber buffer washer. When I turn the engine over the tensioner rod moves in and out approximately 8mm each revolution. Is this normal? How should I best adjust it?
Thanks in advance.