Hi everyone,
I'm "new" here, but I've been reading this forum for almost 3 years, after I got my bike.
I have an XS1 motor. Yesterday, I changed the advance assembly plate because the 2 stoppers (the arms that limit the weights' movement) were cracking and I was afraid that they would come off. After that, I continued with inspecting the cam chain tensioner, they were a bit loose. But before I adjusted it, I took off the tensioner to see if it had the ring washer/dampener or not, because I read that washer can help eliminate clicking sound from the top end.
The tensioner was the Type A obviously, and turned out it didn't have any washer in it, just the rod, spring, and adjuster bolt. Before I did the adjustment, I pushed the tensioner rod with my finger to the inside, trying to see/feel how it worked. I pushed it in several times, and I got some "clicks". Well it didn't really make a clicking sound, but I don't know how to describe it well because I'm not native English speaker. It just felt like the rod was sliding from a lower position to an upper position. Because I didn't have a copper washer available to be installed as dampener, I decide to put it back in and adjusted it according to the guide, allowing 1 or 2 mm movement.
After that, I tried to turn the engine on to confirm if the adjustment was correct, but the starter was kicking back. I figured I needed to adjust the points. Before I did the adjustment, I took off the points assembly and clean it with carb cleaner and contact cleaner because it was dirty. I put it back on and set the gaps. And then, when I did the static adjustment, the timing was way too advance and adjustment of the points couldn't compensate it. That's were I noticed that the points cam was out of position. I read that when the rotor is at TDC mark, the pin on the cam should be on top or bottom position. Mine was past the top or bottom position when rotor at TDC. I attached the picture of the pin position, from the governor side, when rotor is at TDC mark.
What did I do wrong? Did I jumped few teeth when I was poking my can chain tensioner with finger? How do I fix this?
Thanks everyone, sorry if I wrote it too long.
I'm "new" here, but I've been reading this forum for almost 3 years, after I got my bike.
I have an XS1 motor. Yesterday, I changed the advance assembly plate because the 2 stoppers (the arms that limit the weights' movement) were cracking and I was afraid that they would come off. After that, I continued with inspecting the cam chain tensioner, they were a bit loose. But before I adjusted it, I took off the tensioner to see if it had the ring washer/dampener or not, because I read that washer can help eliminate clicking sound from the top end.
The tensioner was the Type A obviously, and turned out it didn't have any washer in it, just the rod, spring, and adjuster bolt. Before I did the adjustment, I pushed the tensioner rod with my finger to the inside, trying to see/feel how it worked. I pushed it in several times, and I got some "clicks". Well it didn't really make a clicking sound, but I don't know how to describe it well because I'm not native English speaker. It just felt like the rod was sliding from a lower position to an upper position. Because I didn't have a copper washer available to be installed as dampener, I decide to put it back in and adjusted it according to the guide, allowing 1 or 2 mm movement.
After that, I tried to turn the engine on to confirm if the adjustment was correct, but the starter was kicking back. I figured I needed to adjust the points. Before I did the adjustment, I took off the points assembly and clean it with carb cleaner and contact cleaner because it was dirty. I put it back on and set the gaps. And then, when I did the static adjustment, the timing was way too advance and adjustment of the points couldn't compensate it. That's were I noticed that the points cam was out of position. I read that when the rotor is at TDC mark, the pin on the cam should be on top or bottom position. Mine was past the top or bottom position when rotor at TDC. I attached the picture of the pin position, from the governor side, when rotor is at TDC mark.
What did I do wrong? Did I jumped few teeth when I was poking my can chain tensioner with finger? How do I fix this?
Thanks everyone, sorry if I wrote it too long.