Recent content by RavFJR

I was able to start the bike this morning and it seems all is a success... No hesitation or popping observed, so I assume the bike is in proper time. I have a few more maintenance actions to perform, along with getting all the plastic back on, but glad this is all behind me. Again, a heartfelt...

Yes Sir...sure did.😉

Finally got the chance to get back on the bike to work on it. It took a bit of finesse and patience, but it all went back together... The only thing I can attribute the added difficulty to getting the chain back on, is that the new tensioner blade I installed is new (no wear), so it might have...

Thanks for the Pics... Some are helpful.

I will post updates when I am able to work on the bike in a few days. Thanks to all that have offered me advice to dig me out of my proverbial hole, especially Auburn.

Roger that... I sent you a response PM.

I don't own one, so time to go shopping... Thanks for the feedback.  When breaking the bolt loose, did you do as I stated in my last post (bike off center stand and in gear)? My apologies for the 20 questions...

Yes, since this is usually a 26K repeatable maintenance action (valves), one would think an easier process could have been incorporated - 😕 I selected a manual chain tensioner because the first one (blue dot) failed at about 27K miles. I installed a green dot CCT and from the start it still...

Thanks for the response... I will try and get to the bike sometime this coming weekend to put your plan into work. Do you have any recommendation to getting the sensor plate off without moving the crank? My thought was to take the bike off the center stand and put it in gear. I imagine that this...

Thanks for all of the advice... Novel idea working from the top down. I never removed the exhaust cam, so are you suggesting I install the intake cam, ensuring correct alignment... Then remove the chain from the crank, so I have enough slack to properly fit the chain on both cams, tie wrapping...

Thanks for the reply... After what I went through yesterday, and now your post, seems I've bitten off more than I can chew. I'm fairly mechanically inclined, but this task seems a bit over my abilities. I really don't want to damage the engine getting something wrong. I had to go down attempting...

Got past my surgery and want to get the bike running... Local Yamaha shop blew me off, saying they're too busy to deal with my problem, so it's up to me to do the repair. Got the engine torn down... intake cam off and the new blade tensioner slide right in, no issue. The old blade tensioner was...

Going to answer my own question... Yes indeed, everything needs to come out to replace either chain guide or blade tensioner (both cams and the chain). I'm not completely sure, but I believe that the damage I see is superficial...at least I hope. With the valve cover off, I flushed the chain...

With the damage I found while fixing the oil pump cover, I am going to replace the cam chain tensioner blade. My question is do I need to remove the cam, or will loosening the cam chain allow me to push the tensioner blade up and out?

To be on the safe side, I've decided to replace the tensioner blade. Starting a new topic on this...