They claim the cam chain stretches and at about 15-30,000 miles the cam chain tensioner pops loose and all hell breaks loose inside the engine.
I have 28,700+ miles on the bike, new chain and tensioner in hand.
Remove seat.
Drain fuel tank.
Remove petcock screws, place in baggie, tape to top of tank.
Remove fuel tank, disconnecting Speedometer cable, 3/4" square electrical connector, and 1/8" vent tube in process.
Remove pretty-up chrome head covers
Remove upper engine mount, clamp to handlebar for storage
pull spark plug wire, try to pull compression release. Going to need the impact screwdriver again.
Shove bike in garage, go get a beer.....
Posted by Paladin at September 28, 2009 02:21 PM