shannim
Junior Member
Hello all. I'm a long time reader, first time poster. I've got a 2007 FZ6 which I purchased in April of 2012. So far I've put over 16000 miles on it, doing two long distance road trips (one 2500 miles to Tybee Island, GA, and another 1700 miles to Indy MotoGP).
My bike is making the signature cam chain noise and I'd like to replace the cam chain tensioner. I recently took the bike to a mechanic for a valve check and they told me that all the valves were in spec and the noise is definitely a loose chain. When I first took it there two weeks beforehand the mechanic listened to it and thought it might be the valves, but was proven wrong when he actually did the check. I was due for it anyway since I had close to 27000 miles on the odometer.
Anyway, I've got the service manual and am reading up on how to change the CCT. The thing that I'm wondering is if it's necessary to drain the oil and remove the side pickup rotor cover. The service manual buries the CCT replacement in the section about checking the valves and replacing the camshafts, so the pickup rotor cover is already off. I've seen videos on YouTube that show you need to remove the cover so you can turn the motor with a socket wrench so the cams are at top dead center, but that was for the APE manual tensioners. If I intend to use an OEM automatic/hydraulic tensioner, so I still need to do this? Or is it as simple as just undoing the two hex-socket bolts holding the tensioner in and removing it, then replacing it per the manual (using a thin screwdriver to retract the plunger as you put it in)? Also, are the only two parts I need to buy "5SL-12210-10-00
TENSIONER ASSY, CAM CHAIN" and "4FM-12213-00-00
GASKET, TENSIONER CASE"?
Thanks in advance!
My bike is making the signature cam chain noise and I'd like to replace the cam chain tensioner. I recently took the bike to a mechanic for a valve check and they told me that all the valves were in spec and the noise is definitely a loose chain. When I first took it there two weeks beforehand the mechanic listened to it and thought it might be the valves, but was proven wrong when he actually did the check. I was due for it anyway since I had close to 27000 miles on the odometer.
Anyway, I've got the service manual and am reading up on how to change the CCT. The thing that I'm wondering is if it's necessary to drain the oil and remove the side pickup rotor cover. The service manual buries the CCT replacement in the section about checking the valves and replacing the camshafts, so the pickup rotor cover is already off. I've seen videos on YouTube that show you need to remove the cover so you can turn the motor with a socket wrench so the cams are at top dead center, but that was for the APE manual tensioners. If I intend to use an OEM automatic/hydraulic tensioner, so I still need to do this? Or is it as simple as just undoing the two hex-socket bolts holding the tensioner in and removing it, then replacing it per the manual (using a thin screwdriver to retract the plunger as you put it in)? Also, are the only two parts I need to buy "5SL-12210-10-00
TENSIONER ASSY, CAM CHAIN" and "4FM-12213-00-00
GASKET, TENSIONER CASE"?
Thanks in advance!