Purchased non running 1998 LS650, Cleaned carb... Runs. However... Had a knocking/Tapping sound. Read the topics, Verslagen tensioner was the first thing. Inspected the tentioner and yes, almost fell out. So, no matter what I'm getting that knocked out. I live about 45 min from THE GUY!! Super cool guy, did the mod quick and the work is nothing short of perfection. Fits perfect. All back together. Last night I started it up. Now just the knocking. Loud too. I have read a few threads and seems it could be a variety of things. My guess. The decomp not adjusted properly and/or valve clearance and/or Valve adjustment. If anyone has seen the LS650 youtube vid that say Sammy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECcvy_rV5K4 here it is. It sounds just like this. noise is in sync with the rev of the bike. Throttle up, sound gets faster. So, Where should I start checking? Some suggested in other threads it is Valve Clearance, Decomp adjust, bearings gone, the " I will take it off your hands" guy, (by the way, I'm close... haha), the gasket is not thick enough (it does look like someone has been in there before because I see some black rubber seal gasket from around the spark plug area that has pushed out a bit). I did try to remove the head cover and did remove all the nuts to pop open the valve cover to see if I could be removed with out having to take the engine out, I got scared of going to far and tightened it back down. Maybe I over tightened?? I also removed THAT bolt that one thread here tells you NOT to when removing that valve/top head cover. Good lord, what a Noob I am. Are there quick inspection techniques to rule stuff out? Noob here so I really thank you. I tried to read and watch as many vids as possible before asking and I think, I can take pics and videos of what the hell I'm deal ing with if needed.
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