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GS 1000g rattle

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Had the valves adjusted and put some new plugs in her and wow great to go for a ride again.

I noticed that after about 20min that there was a rattle that seemed to be coming from the crank case. sounds a little like a chain rattle but I know that there was a new chain and tensioner installed approx 5k ago

I was thinking that the oil whick is new is not standing up once the motor is hot.

Any comments?????

Craig
 
GS 1000g rattle

it was suposed to be "which " not whick stupid computer
 
If you've popped decent oil in there its will be fine.

Is the rattle loud? Don't forget these old air cooled motors made a bit of a rattle even when new (compared to modern bikes).
 
You may have installed a new tensioner, but was it installed correctly? :-k

You can't just slap them in there, you have to do some fiddling with it to get it set right. :o

Also, if it's low in the crankcase, probably even toward the right side, you might want to check your clutch basket.

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i'm inclined to agree with steve if your rattle only happens at idle and goes away once your RPM's go up then it's 99% your clutch basket the springs are loose it's not a big worry but you should think about getting it rebuilt
also a good carb sync can sometimes make it go away
there is also a quick fix for this i don't know where the thread is but Tkent posted it. i haven't tried it but it looks like it would work for a while anyhow till you can get it fixed
 
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