Cam chain troubles

[shingo]

I'm slightly annoyed with honda atm.
My bike has recently clicked 50k so i'm taking it in for a service, but of course to get the cam chain/tensioner checked can't be easy on a vtr. ARGH.

Have heard they're a real bitch to change and cost a pretty penny as well.

Tho i know of a one with 78000+k's on it yet to need the cam chain changed, so hopefully yours will be the same.

[motorbyclist]

50k with no known problems and you're annoyed?

guess there's just no pleasing some people

[Zealot]

Yea, that was really gay. A $30 part costing me $700 for a new engine. It's quite crap. Oh well. C'est la vie. If anyone wants a tensioner for a GPX250 cam chain let me know, I've got an unused one (no point putting it in the new engine, it's from an '07 bike). Also bought a chain breaker and chain to swap cam chains, then realised that the head was screwed, rather than the timing just being out. Sigh. Cost me probably $1k all up.

[motorbyclist]

ouch - it's stories like that really make me wish people were more mechanically inclined (or at the very least paranoid)

[Patar]

Have heard they're a real bitch to change and cost a pretty penny as well.

Tho i know of a one with 78000+k's on it yet to need the cam chain changed, so hopefully yours will be the same.

Yeah it's not the chain I'm worried about, it's more the tensioner. And sadly I have neither a garage nor proper tools to do it =/

[FROSTY:Me]

Dude yes the tensioners arent the very best in the GPX's
but Ive had some luck with giving the tensioner a little nudge so it clicks over to the next "groove"

[Zealot]

Yep, turns out that a cam chain failing due to the tensioner being loose sounds exactly like valve clearances being a bit bad (ie tappets). I went meh... didn't do anything much, and it went boom.