+1 After looking at the manual Honda Hornet is correct, that sucker is buried in the head. It is a job that can be done at home, but this is beyond normal maintenance. If you mess up the cam timing, you will damage the motor.
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Honda Hornet <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, 3 hours seems fine to me. Remove tank, remove the coils, remove > the valve cover, loose the cams sprockets, remove the old tensioner, > install the new tensioner, install the chain over cam sprockets, timing the > bike, clean the gasket and valve cover, apply some sealant to them, install > the valve cover, torque to specs, reinstall the coils, tank. > > > On Monday, March 16, 2015 at 3:29:10 PM UTC-4, dh wrote: > >> Hi Everybody, >> >> My '92 750 with 81K on it needs the cam chain tensioner replaced. I >> ordered the parts and should have them in the next day or two. >> >> My question is that my mechanic told me that the repair is at least 3 >> hours..... does that sound right? >> Because with parts and labor, that's going to over $400 to invest in a >> bike that I think that's only worth about $1500 on a good day. (it's an >> exceptionally clean Cali Nighthawk, but 81K is still 81K) >> >> I have done many of my own repairs on other bikes but not too many on >> this NH. >> >> My question, is it a difficult repair or would I be better off leaving it >> up to my mechanic? >> >> thanks, >> >> -d >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
