• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

1981 GS1100E Stock engine : Normal cam/valve sound? Ding , ding, ding.....

  • Thread starter Thread starter c&c
  • Start date Start date
C

c&c

Guest
Hello,

I never payed attention to the noise my cams made before doing valve adjusting. Now while I was synchronizing the carbs I noticed the sound.
It's not a ping or knock, mind you I never hired a ping or knock which I think would be an alarming sound, it's ding ding ding... like one would a spoon on a ceramic,marble counter. I'm sure it's the valves and cam but I just want to make sure it is a normal sound.

So is it normal?

Would adding a top oiler help reduce that noise?

Thank you.
 
I would think properly adjusted vavles would cure it,what size gauge did u use?and was it metric or standard?they are different.
No it isn't normal,a minor faint tick is ok,over time it will tighten up,better than clanking a marble counter and better than burning up your valves.IMHO
 
Is it "normal?" Verbal descriptions of sounds are so subjective it's hard to tell. To me "normal" valve train noise is "rapid metallic clicking - kind of like a sewing machine noise" if you will.

Perhaps trying to capture the sound with a short video/audio link and then posting it might be better than trying to verbally describe the sound?
 
I went through them 3 time to make sure they all hade the same drag.

in 0.07mm/0.003in
out 0.12mm/0.005in



"rapid metallic clicking - kind of like a sewing machine noise" if you will.
Yes more like that.

I'll have to hang around other GS riders and compair.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top