crankshaft balancer backlash adjustment

[Pterodactyl_imp]

Cormanus, Pterodactl,

You guys have a lot of Kilometers( that's a weird unit of distance that the whole world uses but us-lol) on your bikes. Have you had to adjust the balancer because of balancer noise?

No, I haven't had to adjust it because of balancer noise. But maybe that's because I check it at major service intervals (8000 of those miles of yours). I've never had to move it very far from the initial setting. It only takes a few minutes to do, so if you think any of the "phantom" noises that the CB is prone to may be attributable to the balancer adjustment, it might help and can certainly do no harm. After the initial adjustment, made while the engine is cold, I then have the pleasure of taking a short ride to warm it up for the final check.

As an aside, and in no way designed to derail the thread*, feet and miles (mainly nautical, but sometimes statute) are still used throughout the greater part of the aviation world. The exception to this is China and some former Eastern block countries. Since I've been out of the business I believe Russia has changed its metric Flight Levels to align with the Western system to avoid climbs and descents on entering or leaving the airspace as is required by those aforementioned countries. Safer if all use the same system, but still yet to happen.

Cheers

* Gotta be careful. There is a new moderator who may not yet have the battle fatigue that poor old Ferret suffers from.