Just roll your bike backwards down a hill in 6th gear and pop clutch to let engine turn over a couple times and boom, you just tightened your automatic cam chain tensioner. Neat little trick so you dont have to wrench on anything 😉, your welcome...... i learned it from a kawasaki fourm so i tried it on my 05 zx6r 636. And it actually worked, I had to do it 2 times to get it perfect but it worked. Try it for those who have a automatic cam tensioner
Idk what engine this is exactly but on mine. If I did this I would 100% jump a tooth on the cam. Would not attempt this without the valve cover off and cams visible.
just tried this method, works perfectly, thanks to those warn abt over tightening in some comments, i jus loose the screws slowly till hear the first click, thats it, test the bike immidietly no more ratling sound, timing was smooth, thank you so much.❤
What kind of fix is this, long term or short? My 2011 street triple 675 is making the clacking noise and looking to see if there is a fix without tearing everything apart
My advice is to only do this temporarily. The tensioner would only inappropriately retract if the ratchet was worn, and that would only happen if it wasn't getting proper oil pressure and/or the spring has worn. Meaning its not unlikely to happen again within a few months.
Just roll your bike backwards down a hill in 6th gear and pop clutch to let engine turn over a couple times and boom, you just tightened your automatic cam chain tensioner. Neat little trick so you dont have to wrench on anything 😉, your welcome...... i learned it from a kawasaki fourm so i tried it on my 05 zx6r 636. And it actually worked, I had to do it 2 times to get it perfect but it worked. Try it for those who have a automatic cam tensioner
A bad practice in my mind
What bike is this for?
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This worked great, cam chain noise gone.
Idk what engine this is exactly but on mine. If I did this I would 100% jump a tooth on the cam. Would not attempt this without the valve cover off and cams visible.
Good Day, will this work for kawasaki GPZ 400? Thanks in advance for the reply
Hey bro I backed my tensioner out to put in my started. Put it back in and now th he motor is hard to turn over can you help?
Thankyou for the information works great
I like the way you think, 💯
just tried this method, works perfectly, thanks to those warn abt over tightening in some comments, i jus loose the screws slowly till hear the first click, thats it, test the bike immidietly no more ratling sound, timing was smooth, thank you so much.❤
This video is still fixing cam chain noise. I just tried it and it works perfectly. My click wasn't very loud so find a quiet place.
Just did it on my Kawasaki kle 500, works perfect👍🏻 thanks for the tip
Yeah, thank you so much. I just did it myself work perfectly. Thank you.
I cannot figure out my bike has ticking when it gets hot and that relates to cam chain tension. Any suggestion? thanks.
Nice demonstration, thanks!
What kind of fix is this, long term or short? My 2011 street triple 675 is making the clacking noise and looking to see if there is a fix without tearing everything apart
My advice is to only do this temporarily. The tensioner would only inappropriately retract if the ratchet was worn, and that would only happen if it wasn't getting proper oil pressure and/or the spring has worn. Meaning its not unlikely to happen again within a few months.
If my timing chain is slapping and i want a temporary fix could i do this?
Brilliant!