90 tengai engine chain rattle/slap

[Mark]

At 3:22 PM +0000 9/19/00, quattrofun@... wrote:

>My Tengai(18k miles) is making a weird engine chain rattle/slapping >sound from the left side of the motor. It is more prevelant in >5th gear, 60 mph, 4k rpm going uphill and opening up the throttle. >I have checked the Balancer Tensioner including removing the magneto >cover to ensure the arm is fully to the left. I have the shop manual, >but it does not really say how to adjust the Cam Chain, it just says >to remove the aduster, and reinstall. Is this how adust the tension?? > >any help would be appreciated.

To me, the description looks more like engine knock or ping, as my loose chain noises only surface around idle to 3000 rpm under light or no load. Anyway, for the cam chain, it's an automatic ratcheting mechanism that's less than reliable. To check it, I just periodically pull the end cap and spring off the tensioner and shove a short 1/4 drive socket extension in and listen for a "click". If I can't get it to click without painfully pressing on the extension, then the chain is tight enough. Mark B2 A2

[Gary Ott]

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