nemethjames1

i took off my belt today to see how my compontents spun... the alt was a lil loud... but my main concern is, when i move my crank and i go in the oposit direction a lil bit, there is ALOT of slack... nothing extreme maybe... but more then there should be i would asume... wonderin if this could be due to old timing chain?

Dan89lx

possibly, did you check your balancer yet? ever figure out that noise?

Panty_Peeler

Now would be a PERFECT time to pop the timing cover off and take a look at the timing chain.You should have a 1/2 inch slack either way fowards or reverse.If there is more than that REPLACE IT NOW!

nemethjames1

yep, figure i'll just buy this bike for 1500 bucks and take a few months just parting the engine out for now....