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85 gs450 engine chatter? Video inside.

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Could you do a vid from the side of the engine without reving it and maybe just off idle. Make it make the noise without the engine being too loud.


First guess,

  1. piston slap
  2. rod bearing or wrist pin

Second guess, Cam chain Slapping around, sounds loose and sounds like when you hear the tick there is an interruption in the sound of the cam chain whirring.


After watching a few more times I'm saying cam chain tensioner.
 
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Charlie, thanks for the tip on the manual!
When rebuilding then reinstalling the tensioner, once I release the set screw to tension the chain, do I retighten it or leave the set screw lose? It woild seem to me if I didnt retighten it, the cam chain would overcome the power of the spring in the tensioner once the motor was running and load was applied to the cam chain.

Im going to pull the tensioner today and rebuild it.

Wheres a good place to buy shims for adjusting the valves?
Do you need the special suzuki tool for the tappet compression or can something be made to improvise?
Mekanix, ill try to get another vid and repost it. Thanks for the help!
 
The tensioner is designed to not push back in unless you turn the knob. Once it's installed you loosen the screw and tighten the lock nut.
 
Good call guys! Turns out the tensioner set screw wasnt properly turned back to release the plunger... Or it was but then it was turned back and the set nut cranked down.
Pulled the tensioner, cleaned it up, reinstalled per the manual and it purrs like a kitte. Now :) no more cam chain slapping all over the place.
 
Well done! Just found this and was gonna do a +1 on the tensioner like the others, very glad you found it :D

If I was you I'd be double checking the cam chain timing when doing the valve adjustments after knowing it was allowed to flap around...
 
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