I fixed my chain rattle by just upping the idle speed to an RPM where it didn't slap as much. Long term the fix is to replace the guide spring but for the short term it's much easier than replacing the engine or writing the entire bike off.
-Kyle On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 12:19 PM, Tommy Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless you know something I don’t, with hydraulic lifters, there are no > rods to knock! What you may have is a loose cam chain. These are > notorious for that, and there is hardly a cure. BUT I’ve been told that the > cam chain rattle will not hurt it. Don’t give up on her, yet. If you do > get into it, find all the parts first! Many are very hard to find. Often > an engine swap may be better, but you most likely won’t find one without > cam chain rattle. > > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
