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Adjusted valve clearances. Now it's clicking...
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Thanks for your comments,

(08-12-2019, 04:35 PM)max_imp Wrote: Jurlie i wouldn't inmediately panic, first have a good listen to the engine, most produce a tick that seems to come from the RIGHT lower crankcase.

Not sure exactly what produces it but it's there, take a screwdriver and use it as a stethoscope by holding the handle against your ear and push the steel end against the engine, see if the ticking comes from the head or somewhere else
Sometimes a video camera can be of help as you record the sound around different parts of the engine.

Understand that you put the shims on top of the valves in their recess with the text facing up and then lowered the buckets on top of them, aligned the sprockets correctly ( easy to mix in and out markings up ) tighten all the bolts on the camshaft top covers, put the chain guard back on and tighten it, released the chain tensioner ( so the chain does not jump a tooth ) and then back the tension one quarter turn ( to relieve the downward tension of the camshafts ) before checking all valve clearances for the last time?

I find it hard to believe that the valves tick when the clearance is too tight, especially with a cold engine.

Wait and think it through whilst other members ( with more experience than me ) give their opinion, in the mean time don't ride the cb yet, i guess in a pinch you can undo the cover, lift it enough to check the fourth cylinder clearances.
I've done exactly by this instruction (including shim marking towards bucket, I paid special attention to that)

(08-12-2019, 04:35 PM)max_imp Wrote: Jurlie i wouldn't inmediately panic, first have a good listen to the engine, most produce a tick that seems to come from the RIGHT lower crankcase.

Not sure exactly what produces it but it's there, take a screwdriver and use it as a stethoscope by holding the handle against your ear and push the steel end against the engine, see if the ticking comes from the head or somewhere else
Sometimes a video camera can be of help as you record the sound around different parts of the engine.

Understand that you put the shims on top of the valves in their recess with the text facing up and then lowered the buckets on top of them, aligned the sprockets correctly ( easy to mix in and out markings up ) tighten all the bolts on the camshaft top covers, put the chain guard back on and tighten it, released the chain tensioner ( so the chain does not jump a tooth ) and then back the tension one quarter turn ( to relieve the downward tension of the camshafts ) before checking all valve clearances for the last time?

I find it hard to believe that the valves tick when the clearance is too tight, especially with a cold engine.

Wait and think it through whilst other members ( with more experience than me ) give their opinion, in the mean time don't ride the cb yet, i guess in a pinch you can undo the cover, lift it enough to check the fourth cylinder clearances.
No... I measured clearances without releasing tensioner at all (I mean the tensioner was in work position. How does it affect?

I'll listen to it carefully tomorrow, where exactly it ticks, but I'm pretty sure there was no that distinct ticking before...
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RE: Adjusted valve clearances. Now it's clicking... - by Jurlie_imp - 08-12-2019, 04:49 PM

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