verslagen1 wrote on 05/21/14 at 19:04:24:


Versy I just found that info and was reading it while you posted your answer . One thing I'm still pondering is some of the group seems to think an easy riding style prolongs the wear and failure of the tensioner. With my 19,000+ miles, very few of them have been easy. I'm more of a "ride it like ya stole it" ( Yeah I know....a 58 year old guy ought to act his age!) kind of guy so my bike seems to go counter to those ideas.
Just a little more info for your research

my thumper has almost 20k miles,  should I be worried ? no noise like in the youtube video !!!!  

I have a quality alert announcement...

Some of the roll pins I've used since 10/28/13 maybe defective.

Some of them are tapered and if I put in the smaller end, may fall out.

Although I test every one, a few may have slipped thru.

Well, at least one did.

So if you've purchased a verslavy from 10/28/13 till now,  be on the alert for the tell tale knocking on the clutch cover.

Anyone finding or concerned they may have one, may return it for repair.

Hi there,

Newcomer here, but having been lurking for the past month or so (have "scanned" pages 1-323 so far ) since I got a really good deal on a '94 Savage that has run 55.000km (34.000 miles?) doing mostly long rides around Europe as I understood it, but has been standing still for the past 10'ish years.

While it has been standing still for so long, it has been dragged out every year to be run until well warmed up, then an oil change.

All in all it looks and feels really fine. The only thing I've had to do was replace the front fork seals that started leaking badly after a few hundred km's driving.

Now... the engine has a tick/tick or tingg/tingg sound that at first I interpreted as slight piston slap, but after reading here a lot, I want to check if it may be the cam chain tensioner, which to my understanding is pretty much the only weak point of this fine bike. (Also haven't checked the valve adjustment yet. Intend to do that very soon).

In case it is the cam chain tensioner that is nearing its outer limit, I guess I would want to make me a Verslavy, either by welding or by machining one myself if necessary. I would not want to try and weld this myself, so would have to find someone who can.

I would like to know how long the extension of the tensioner should be.

Greetings from Denmark and thanks for this great forum with so much knowledge(sharing) present.

EDIT:
Maybe I should mention that my intention of fixing one myself is the distance and time involved, due to the fact that I live in Europe and that Verslagen is on vacation till May as I understand it...

Mekh wrote on 05/06/15 at 02:04:21:

I've probably sent more than a dozen up into the nordic countries.
Shipping to most countries is $50 and takes about a week.
Of course there's cheaper ways, slower, uninsured, you can use that to send me yours.
You'll make the full payment of $75 + $50 for shipping + $60 deposit for the adjuster that you promise to send.

Received mine today thank you sir very much. I appreciate the quick turn around. Another very pleased customer!

Hi,

I will soon receive my Verslavy and was preparing for it last night and found some residue that looked like liquid gasket at the top oil passage. I thought that I would not need to use liquid gasket, so I wanted to ask about it here.

I also had a look at some photos from "The Savage Companion Photo CD" linked to here: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1199986392

On the photos named "Clutch_Cover_05" and "Clutch_Cover_06" I can see some "Adhesive Sealer", which I haven't seen on the 3'rd party gasket that I have received. It may be on the backside, as I haven't unwrapped the gasket yet.


In case there is no such "adhesive sealer" on my gasket, should I use some liquid gasket at this location and/or would you use some for the entire gasket on one or both sides?