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[dazwright10]

Ive gotten hold of a Klr650 with a snapped camchain, where can i get a manual to help me repair it. this is my first 650 although I had a klr250 but never needed to do anything major with it, does this engine usually bend the valves etc when the camchain snaps or is there anything else i should know before i start. Would it be better to look for a second hand engine than repair this one, any help would bt appreciated thanks daz

[hens_p]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "dazwright10" wrote:

> Ive gotten hold of a Klr650 with a snapped camchain, where can i

get

> a manual to help me repair it.

Fred at Arrowhead Motorsports can send one right out.

> Would it be better to look for a second hand engine than repair this > one

I guess you would have to look at it to see if it broke a hunk of the case off, etc. I would sure think that a broken cam chain would screw stuff up pretty bad! Pat

[Allan Patton]

----- Original Message ----- > does this engine usually bend the valves etc > when the camchain snaps or is there anything else i should know > before i start. > Don't see anyone else answering your question, so I'll try. In overhead cam motorcycle motors, when the cam timing jumps it usually does cause the valves to hit the piston. Can bend valves and damage the piston. Only bike I 've ever had break a cam chain was an older one, it went straight to the salvage yard. The chain can also wad up and break the case and other things. Best I can tell ya is pull the head and left covers to see what's broken. And there may be more than you can see. Sometimes after you get it all back together and running, you find more things broken. You don't mention the year or condition of the bike, but it sounds to me like it's a donor bike. If it were me, I'd look for a KLR that is in running condition. Allan A14

[Judson D. Jones]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Patton" wrote:

> > ----- Original Message ----- > > does this engine usually bend the valves etc > > when the camchain snaps or is there anything else i should

know

> > before i start. > > > > Don't see anyone else answering your question, so I'll try. In

overhead cam

> motorcycle motors, when the cam timing jumps it usually does

cause the

> valves to hit the piston. Can bend valves and damage the

piston. Not necessarily so. I broke a cam chain on a CB160, and was able to replace it and put it back on the road. Whether the valves will foul the piaston is a matter of engine design. Unless somebody knows the scoop on the KLR one way or the other, the only way to know is to remove the head, something which must be done anyway in order to repair it. I wouldn't throw the motor away without having a look.

[Pete Denzer]

Fianlly, after snow, cold, more snow, etc., I was able to dig my way out of driveway for a ride (actually two, one yesterday and one today) for the first time since January. The LKR is perfect for this purpose -- I have to go about a quarter mile up a dirt road to get to the paved private road, then to paved state roads. All the culverts are still packed with frozen leaves, meaning the dirt road is a swampy pit. No way I'd troll my ZRX12 down there, but the KLR is perfect. You can either putt and get some traction (I'm running street-oriented Trailmaxes) or twist it and rooster the cell-using SUVers. It was great to get out, sunny and about 50 degrees. Clocked about 100 miles on backroads knocking the rust off. This is the LONGEST winter I can remember, hope it's over.