Cam chain tensioner

[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.

 

[jingdog]

What year bike? How much to do it?

 

[Tonyfr]

Can you give me a link to this mod?

 

[jammess]

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.

 

[bikerfish1100]

good thread here http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=267977, including part #'s. easy job- reading about it will take more time than actually doing it.

 

[bigdelta]

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