Hoople
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As an '07 owner, I'm disappointed that your tensioner has that much wear.
Breeze, what do you have for mileage on your bike. Ever been in the cam chest?
As an '07 owner, I'm disappointed that your tensioner has that much wear.
The engine is all Stock. this is the first time I've been in the cam compartment.That's rather disappointing on an 07 with the newer setup. They thought that would be the answer to the problem with the old tensioners.
By chance have you done anything to increase oil pressure on the bike like baisley spring or oil pump replacement for aftermarket? (fueling pump etc)
The engine is all Stock. this is the first time I've been in the cam compartment.
I know it's too late but it would have been nice exactly what the oil pressure was prior to the tear down. I would also check it after rebuild.
Breeze, what do you have for mileage on your bike. Ever been in the cam chest?
I only have 11k on the '07 (9k by me in the last 14 mo.).
I could see riding habits, crank run-out and where I lived (?) having some affect on it, but to have the difference between what the OP's pictures show (tensioners shot) and what Animal claims "hardly any wear",,,I need better reasons. I don't consider 30,000 miles that much mileage. Maybe in the motorcycle world of things 30,000 miles is a lot of mileage. On a high RPM metric bike, yes 30K equals a bunch of times the engine revolved. On these low RPM engines I would have expected more.
If I had more mileage on my bike I would pull the cover to take a look but I am at 10K which is probably too early to tell.
If Animals tensioners were actually "hardly worn", there is more to this story of why this happened.
Now what Glider says about the oil pressure spring...that CERTAINLY could do it. Interesting point indeed.
Is there a "weep hole" in the tensioner system for oil to come out and provide lubrication for the chain itself.