Mr-Wolf
Been Around the Block
Hey guys,
I am currently in the process of doing a ground up rebuild on a 1979 cb650 basket case.
I have already finished completely redoing the wiring (per my only other post of an updated wiring diagram), and now ave the motor taken down to the lower end.
The back story of the bike is, I bought it from a guy who was going to try and rebuild it. He got it as a whole bike and took it completely apart and painted the frame.....and that was that, he decided he no longer wanted to rebuild it and it sat in his garage for a few years. Then I picked it up in hopes that I could see what I was made of and rebuild my first bike from the ground up. I have no information from the guy about the PO, but upon rebuilding the motor I have found that (I assume) the cam chain went bad and chewed up the case a bit, but was replaced. I say replaced because the guide and tensioner show absolutely no wear marks from a chain rubbing on them, and as far as a visual inspection for the chain I see no marks of it having rubbed on the case. However, the dampener has some cracks forming on the end.
My questions are this:
What is an easy way to test to make sure the chain is in good specs.
and do i need to replace this dampener?
Money is extremely tight here, I had some cash to order everything I figured I would need at the beginning of the year, but now I am strapped. The pictures below are of the tension, guide so you can see if I am correct in that they are new, and case rubbing because who doesn't like carnage pictures.
If I could get some insight on in that dampener needs to be replaced, and wear I can get one for cheap if it does need to be replaced I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you for any help!
I am currently in the process of doing a ground up rebuild on a 1979 cb650 basket case.
I have already finished completely redoing the wiring (per my only other post of an updated wiring diagram), and now ave the motor taken down to the lower end.
The back story of the bike is, I bought it from a guy who was going to try and rebuild it. He got it as a whole bike and took it completely apart and painted the frame.....and that was that, he decided he no longer wanted to rebuild it and it sat in his garage for a few years. Then I picked it up in hopes that I could see what I was made of and rebuild my first bike from the ground up. I have no information from the guy about the PO, but upon rebuilding the motor I have found that (I assume) the cam chain went bad and chewed up the case a bit, but was replaced. I say replaced because the guide and tensioner show absolutely no wear marks from a chain rubbing on them, and as far as a visual inspection for the chain I see no marks of it having rubbed on the case. However, the dampener has some cracks forming on the end.
My questions are this:
What is an easy way to test to make sure the chain is in good specs.
and do i need to replace this dampener?
Money is extremely tight here, I had some cash to order everything I figured I would need at the beginning of the year, but now I am strapped. The pictures below are of the tension, guide so you can see if I am correct in that they are new, and case rubbing because who doesn't like carnage pictures.
If I could get some insight on in that dampener needs to be replaced, and wear I can get one for cheap if it does need to be replaced I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you for any help!