| Re: 92 750 Honda Nighthawk ticking [message #785083] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 18:49 |
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Over the weekend, I took the valve cover off and took a look inside.
The cam chain doesnt move at all so theres no slack that I can tell,
but maybe because the top of the chain has so much distance from the 2
top sprockets.
I cranked it over with the valve cover off, a little messy but
everything ran fine and no ticking noise. When I got it all back
together, I took it for a long ride around town, but the ticking noise
was still there and ran fine. I was able to listn more closely to
where its coming from, definately not in the top end, its right across
from where the starter sits in the middle of the motor. Maybe the cam
chain gets slack at the bottom?
Now another dilema. When I started the bike this morning, it chugged
and sputtered a bit before starting and now sputters taking off and
giving it a good throttle. Any ideas?
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| Re: 92 750 Honda Nighthawk ticking [message #785084 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 20:41 |
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spongehead <hgoodale_msp [at] msn.com> wrote:
> Over the weekend, I took the valve cover off and took a look inside.
> The cam chain doesnt move at all so theres no slack that I can tell,
> but maybe because the top of the chain has so much distance from the 2
> top sprockets.
>
> I cranked it over with the valve cover off, a little messy but
> everything ran fine and no ticking noise. When I got it all back
> together, I took it for a long ride around town, but the ticking noise
> was still there and ran fine. I was able to listn more closely to
> where its coming from, definately not in the top end, its right across
> from where the starter sits in the middle of the motor. Maybe the cam
> chain gets slack at the bottom?
>
> Now another dilema. When I started the bike this morning, it chugged
> and sputtered a bit before starting and now sputters taking off and
> giving it a good throttle. Any ideas?
Probably related to your taking the valve cover off and disturbing the
coils and coil wires. Make sure the plug caps are seated on the plugs
and that the plug wires are fully inserted in both the plug caps and
the coils.
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'01 SV650S '99 EX250-F13 '98 ZG1000A-13 '81 CM400T
OMF #7
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