Subject: Re: Timing chains
Author: Bill Cohoon
Date: May 3, 2004, 10:05 AM
Post ID: 1716682216
Darrell... I guess if you're considering taking off the timing chest
cover.. then replace both the chain and tensioner.. when I did mine, it
seemed to me most of the work involved taking the cover off and on..
what with the mount, the "big nut", new seal, gasket, etc. actually
cutting the chain ( I also did the moto split chain) and putting on the
tensioner was the easy part.... I was doing a loop though... don't know
about the alternator issues... Bill
Darrell Dick wrote:
| I asked this question in the middle of one of my rambling Convert posts and I haven't seen a reply. I don't know if you guys either don't have an opinion on timing chains, or are snubbing me 'cuz I've been riding a Tonti frame lately, or hopefully are busy riding yourself. ;-) I thought I would try again. I've been hearing an usual noise from the timing cover on the 'Vert occasionally at idle. I suspect the timing chain. The bike has 26,000 miles on it. I don't know if any of the PO's ever did any maintenance to it. No, is probably a good guess. I have replaced the timing chain and tensioner on an 850T and another Convert. In both cases, I cut the old chain off leaving the sprockets entact. I replaced the chain with a split type with master link sourced from Moto International. I replaced the tensioner with the Valtek spring loaded type. This worked well for me in both cases and I will probably do this again. Now, the thing is I sometimes have a tendency to be cheap and lazy, and I don't want to have the Convert down to long during riding season. I was sort of hoping to do this little job next winter, but I don't think I better wait too long to at least check it out. So, should I? 1. Don't do anything til next winter. I've never heard of a Guzzi timing chain actually breaking or something, have you? 2. Open the timing cover and adjust the manual tensioner. I was reading Guzziology, and Richardson says that the rubber shoe was only really crappy on the first timing chain bikes. That was news to me, I thought they all were crappy. If anything, this might get me to next winter. 3. Put a Valtek tensioner on the old chain. Can you install the tensioner without removing the chain? 4. Do like I have done before and replace the tensioner and chain with the split deal and Valtek? 5. Do something else entirely (remember, I'm cheap and lazy) Thanks! Darrell Dick Imlay City, MI =========================================================== Let University of Phoenix make 2004 your year. Evening, weekend or FlexNet®classes - over 130 locations. Look into our programs and get the degree that gets you going! http://click.topica.com/caaccMPb1dfltb2ryAGf/UOP =========================================================== |