senseamidmadness
Neglected Bike Adopter
Hey again, folks. I'm happy to report that my sad Oilhead has been running and riding very well the past few weeks.
However, I've got an issue that concerns me, and it's a few seconds of clacking noise on all start-ups. It is worse on hot restarts.
About a thousand miles ago, around 34,500 miles, I installed a brand-new upgraded left side cam chain tensioner. I bought it secondhand from another MOA member and it was new in the package from Rubber Chicken Garage. The original tensioner was working fine and there were no cam chain noises at that time. I did it as a preventative measure. The bike currently has 15w-40 Shell Rotella T5 oil in it that was changed around the same time, if that makes any difference.
Within the past 300 or so miles, I started to notice the noise and it seemed to get worse with every ride. At first I thought I might have installed the new tensioner incorrectly (piston upside-down), so about a week ago I pulled the tensioner back out to examine it. I had installed it correctly. The piston was very hard to push down, and full of oil as you'd expect. I bled it of oil and reinstalled it and on the subsequent restart there was zero noise. The noise was gone for just another couple starts, but now it's back to clacking.
What should I do?
However, I've got an issue that concerns me, and it's a few seconds of clacking noise on all start-ups. It is worse on hot restarts.
About a thousand miles ago, around 34,500 miles, I installed a brand-new upgraded left side cam chain tensioner. I bought it secondhand from another MOA member and it was new in the package from Rubber Chicken Garage. The original tensioner was working fine and there were no cam chain noises at that time. I did it as a preventative measure. The bike currently has 15w-40 Shell Rotella T5 oil in it that was changed around the same time, if that makes any difference.
Within the past 300 or so miles, I started to notice the noise and it seemed to get worse with every ride. At first I thought I might have installed the new tensioner incorrectly (piston upside-down), so about a week ago I pulled the tensioner back out to examine it. I had installed it correctly. The piston was very hard to push down, and full of oil as you'd expect. I bled it of oil and reinstalled it and on the subsequent restart there was zero noise. The noise was gone for just another couple starts, but now it's back to clacking.
What should I do?