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1Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Cam Chain and tensioner Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:51 pm

TIV

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Yesterday I checked the tappet clearance on my K75 and as it turned out, there is no need for adjustment. Between 0.15 and 0.20 on the intake side and between 0.20 and 0.25 on the exhaust.


While doing this I noticed that the cam chain is kind of loose on the cam wheels. There seems to be a play in the mechanism and the chain is slack, you can rotate one cam slightly before the other moves and visa versa. I read somewhere that the cam chain tensioner is controlled by a spring and oil pressure. Could this be normal when there is no oil pressure? 


With only 40.000 km on the clock I wouldn´t have thought that there was anything wrong with the cam chain, but this strikes me as odd. 

Please take a look at this video an tell me what you think:
Cam Chain and tensioner Th_Camchain_zps2898fe30



Last edited by TIV on Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:23 pm; edited 1 time in total


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1936 Harley Davidsson 750 (sold), 1964 BMW R69S (sold), 1973 Suzuki RM400 (sold), 1972 Triumph Bonneville (sold), 1971 BSA Thunderbolt (sold), 1972 BSA Lightning (sold), 1977 Yamaha XS650 (sold), 1971, BMW R75/5 (sold), 1973 BMW R75/6 (sold), 1984 BMW R100RT 1992 Yamaha FJ1200 ABS (sold), 1990 Harley Davidson Electra Glide (sold)
1990 BMW K75RT Ex-Police (owned now)
2004 BMW R1150RT iABS (owned now)

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2Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:50 pm

walfish

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I would replace the chain, to me it seems worn. Count the number of links and buy a good quality length of chain.
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3Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:09 am

Rick G

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From what you are doing there it is not possible to say either way good/bad.
Check the blue arrow on this pic and if you can lift the chain away from the sprocket when there is load on the chain (the engine is turned over to a point where the chain top run is tensioned) then the chain needs replacing.
Is shows the chain is stretched and the links on the chain are longer than the sprocket.
Cam Chain and tensioner Image210
The oil pressure only holds the tension on the bottom run of the chain to prevent it from flopping about and comming off the sprockets and wearing the sprockets. When the engine is running the tensioner has no bearing on how tight the top run of the chain is because the engine ALWAYS drives the cams.


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4Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:09 am

duck

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40K km?  Worry about it in another 100K km.


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5Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:57 am

TIV

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Great, thanks.


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1936 Harley Davidsson 750 (sold), 1964 BMW R69S (sold), 1973 Suzuki RM400 (sold), 1972 Triumph Bonneville (sold), 1971 BSA Thunderbolt (sold), 1972 BSA Lightning (sold), 1977 Yamaha XS650 (sold), 1971, BMW R75/5 (sold), 1973 BMW R75/6 (sold), 1984 BMW R100RT 1992 Yamaha FJ1200 ABS (sold), 1990 Harley Davidson Electra Glide (sold)
1990 BMW K75RT Ex-Police (owned now)
2004 BMW R1150RT iABS (owned now)

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6Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:19 am

Ghost who rides

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Mine has done 200,000kms and I know i've gotta do it NOW. Just in the last 5,000 I reckon, getting noisier, so time.


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7Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:48 am

floyd

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Ive just a quick look at mine and done the test RickG recommends above with the help of the picture...

I assume there should be very little side ways movment of the chain i.e. the links should be held together rather 'solidly'?

Mine have about 4mm+ free play between links, side to side.....I cant imagine thats normal?


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8Back to top Go down   Cam Chain and tensioner Empty Re: Cam Chain and tensioner Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:21 am

Rick G

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Not at all normal, how far does the chain lift from the sprocket?


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Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health.
And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived."   Dalai Lama


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