noise and front sprocket?

[Karl Raupp]

Here's an update in my klunking search - I checked my valves (it was overdue anyway) and they are perfectly within spec. The decompression thing and spring is fine. I checked all bolts holding the cam caps in place and the cam chain guide thing. I turned the crank numerous times to check the cam chain and it's perfectly fine. I've now ruled out any klunk coming from the engine. Could be something deeper inside, but I doubt it. I'm now believing it's the chain and/or sprocket on my bike as well. I'm gonna check the chain stretch itself tonight when I get back from work and see if that's still in spec. 23k kms on the stock unit seems to be average life expectancy, so just maybe that's it. My model is a '99 so it only mounts on the splined axle thing, so I don't think that's knocking about. I checked it anyways yesterday and it's not showing any signs of wear indicative of being attached loosely. Karl

>From: Jim Cunningham > >What I am guessing at this point is that the front sprocket is somehow >causing this noise; my next solution is to buy the sprocket from kawasaki >that is identical in the way it is mounted to my old one. As I mentioned >the new one I put on does not mount in the same way as the old one (with >two >bolts and a C clip). I would be most interested to hear if you get a >solution to this. >Good luck

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