Cam chain, is it time?

Pulled the auto adjuster yesterday, it's all moving fine. I'll see if I can get through the season and maybe change the cam chain out next winter.

 

Maybe change the auto for a manual adjuster, you can give them a bit more of a shove.

 

Common mod on early '80s Hondas that one. IIRC the auto-tensioner could be changed to manual by "gutting" it, drilling & tapping a thread and fitting a suitable bolt/locknut in place of the spring/plunger. Might be workable to quieten the chain for the season...

 

Learned a hard lesson on gasket making today. Had the girl all back together hoping some high tack would be ok for the gasket. No go oil leak. So I took it all apart and made a new gasket from a couple layers of coke box cardboard.

The lesson learned, is don't forget the area where the bolts go through. Didn't think of it at the time, but the space with no gasket under bolts tend to make the unit break when you tighten it up

*sigh* another order to Len submitted, and a 3 week wait for parts

 

For as critical the job is, having a QUALITY Chain-breaking Tool, is a big plus.

It might be a good idea to have our family get one and send it along to each member who needs to do the task.