• Welcome, Guest! We hope you enjoy the excellent technical knowledge, event information and discussions that the BMW MOA forum provides. Some forum content will be hidden from you if you remain logged out. If you want to view all content, please click the 'Log in' button above and enter your BMW MOA username and password.

    If you are not an MOA member, why not take the time to join the club, so you can enjoy posting on the forum, the BMW Owners News magazine, and all of the discounts and benefits the BMW MOA offers?

  • Beginning April 1st, and running through April 30th, there is a new 2024 BMW MOA Election discussion area within The Club section of the forum. Within this forum area is also a sticky post that provides the ground rules for participating in the Election forum area. Also, the candidates statements are provided. Please read before joining the conversation, because the rules are very specific to maintain civility.

    The Election forum is here: Election Forum

Cam chain tensioner

jammess

Jammess
Hey, did the left side cam chain tensioner mod this AM and it did make a difference. Motorcycle no longer sounds like a deisel engine on start up and seems smoother and quieter overall.:dance
 
Cost about 52 bucks from Chicago BMW and took about 2 hours. Bike is an '04 R1150RT with 22K miles.

www.advrider.com has a great pictorial thread in their forums that shows how to do it, really very simple and well worth the time. My machine would rattle pretty good at start up when hot or cold and would rattle at idle when hot. Not any more.:dance
 
An ADVr did mine a few months back with same results

He did it in about 35 minutes.Parts sourced from Chicago BMW.Buy the gasket too,
it's worth the few cents more.
John
 
Back
Top