kerosene wrote on 04/07/10 at 16:47:28:


Should have told you before, there's a little tab stuck in the bottom between the lock pawl and housing.  Take it out after installing it.  That little bit of plastic locks the plunger in so it's easy to install.  pull it out and the spring will put tension on the chain.

verslagen1 wrote on 04/07/10 at 17:33:44:

lol im not an idiot i think the issue is valves, im resetting again

sakara helped at 12am-130

One would think that if one was installing a chain , errm, whats the word Im huntin here,, OH, TENsioner, one Might note, upon installation, whether or not it is actually TENsioning the chain... but,, ehh, maybe thats just me.

kerosene wrote on 04/07/10 at 16:47:28:


I'm a little late to this party - but I see where there's been some talk of carb cleaning and such - if the odd running continues after the petc0ck - don't know if they've been suggested but a couple of common places with the carb:

1) the washer under the main jet is gone - this is not good as it lets the needle jet tube jump up and down that causes some crazy rich situations to come and go

2) on cleaning the carb the slide has some type of oil put on it to help it - this acts about the same way as the slide starts to stick - it pushes all the oil - even wd40 - to the bottom of the bore, forms a ring and makes a sticky slide - the slide and bore need to be clean - not even greasy finger prints. This also makes for a crazy rich situation that comes and goes.

Reelthing wrote on 04/08/10 at 08:22:57:

1. washer is there
2. everything is clean, no grease no finger prints... also issue started while riding and not after cleaning, I replaced the carburator so I know that the oil which was being sucked in before is not causing the issuejustin_o_guy2 wrote on 04/08/10 at 09:06:51:


The cam tensioner replacement was something Michael recommended checking while I was down and waiting for parts, mine was still tight and didnt have wobble in the chain... I did take the cover off last night and checked the tensioner and verified its good and chain is tight.. I think its the valves, and I'll find out tonight

ok, so I checked the valves on my bike,all around, revalved and started the fu*ker up... still hear a bloody tapping noise... I checked the cam tensioner and verified it's tight... so I took off the valve cover again and checked my valves... set wrong AGAIN... gah wtf!...

then my oil cover burst again... lol (apperantly JBWeld isnt enough...) lucky I get my new cover today and tomorrow I get the petcock!

So what I'm going to do is, check the chain once more, just to be POSITIVE it's not loose.... and check valves again.... I have nothing to lose at this point except for time, and since I'm getting my petcock tomorrow, I still have some time to crappity smack with the bike until then...

Justin, I hope so, if I can help even an ounce of what the people here helped me I'd be happy... I recommended a savage today to one of my clients, I might be able to talk him into buying something for cheap giving me 500 bucks to go over the bike and do the misc things that need to be done (oil plug, cam tensioner, valve check, o ring on speedo, rattle on light and speedo, and maybe bags too) make some $ off it and learn in the process... yes I like to make money from everything I do...

I got the petcock today... that wasnt the cause of the problem... not sure what is...

i was riding for a minute and then my battery died, im going to go grab my old one and see what happens