slavy
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Excellen point Stinger. It is nice You are asking different people questions, just folow the logic of the numbers: The more the plunger goes out, the lesser part of it is inside the body, the shorter part is guiding it straight, the more slap there is, the more wear there is. Other words, the more wear on the cam chain, the faster the adjuster wears. Of course, depending on the riding stiles, depending on the shifting patterns , on the oil changes, on the air filter and the quality of the air and so on, there could be difference in the cam chain life. May be You live in an area with very low amount of fine hard particles in the air. Combined with a lower temp's and lower speeds of riding with no "stop and go" trafic it could give the perfect conditions. May be this is the reason why the service "gurus" are telling You this. I don't want to argue , because I am not there. The reason I bought the first LS650 was because the chain adjuster poped out and the guy decided to sell it cheap/16K miles/. At that time I did not pay attention. It took me time to notice a pattern. This is why I did the adjuster mod, not because i enjoyed taking the clutch side apart. There are more pleasant things in the life than scratching Your head with greasy fingers. It will be wrong to tell that the cam chain life can never be 50K miles, but it will be even worse not to mention the risk. Everybody here is an adult and everybody can decide for himself is it better to spend 1 hr and couple of $$ to check the condition of the adjuster, and most probably to do the mod., OR he or she will preffer to believe in his or her's good luck. I am sure, You have done Yours too.
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