Not necessarily. Depending on where the engine arbitrarily stops, one of the camshafts can be under torque from one of the valve springs pressing on the side of a cam lobe. When the chain tension is released it can allow the cam to rotate off the lobe. Maintaining chain tension when the CCT is removed prevents and slippage anywhere.Think you'd have to tip the bike upside down to get the cam sprockets to skip, wouldn't you?
In an unadvertised special, there is a cam chain slipper in the valve cover that helps hold the cam chain in the cam gears.
That would be great. There's no real answer on how much of a chain skip needs to occur before valve damage. Mine also skipped one tooth on valve adjustment and it ran fine, just lower idle and a really flat midrange.
I'm not 100% on this one Fred, I'm thinking that a different lobe will be 'hiding in the wings,' prepared to apply opposing pressure to minimize the reaction. But the bitter bottom line is your last sentence...."Maintaining tension........." Do that and keep the evil scenarios at bay!Not necessarily. Depending on where the engine arbitrarily stops, one of the camshafts can be under torque from one of the valve springs pressing on the side of a cam lobe. When the chain tension is released it can allow the cam to rotate off the lobe. Maintaining chain tension when the CCT is removed prevents and slippage anywhere.Think you'd have to tip the bike upside down to get the cam sprockets to skip, wouldn't you?
Yes there is! I wonder if it's close enough to the chain to keep it from jumping the cam sprockets?
