vroom1776 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:05:Hey all,
Got a mechanic's stethoscope!
So listening ont he RH side of the case, I can clearly hear a lot of sliding, some ticking. Ticking doesn't seem to go away as rpm increases.
What the heck am I really listening for anyway?
At any rate, I'm gonna get some new gaskets and do slavy's etal tensioner mod.
V
vroom (or anyone else who has listened to a tensioner going south),
Was the ticking about every half second at idle? Rate increases a little bit then dissapears as you throttle up? (Can't really tell, maybe the rest of the engine noise is drowning it out)
That's what I'm hearing from mine. I'm pretty sure it's coming from behind the the clutch cover, I just haven't had time to steal a stethoscope from the wife and do a good check.
What kinda threw me off is it sounded like the noise kept going after I shut the engine off, as it makes almost the exact same sound as the exhaust cooling.
I have the VerSlavy tensioner on the way, a gasket on order, and I'm due for an oil change anyway. I hate to lose a nice weekend waiting on parts. Tempted to just ride it anyway. Or open the cover to see how bad it is and decide from there.
This machine has less than 9k on it.