i can hear the "can of bb's" sound in my motor at 4-6k, 90% sure it's the cct. got the stock one, can't find a manual one on ebay.

i heard putting the bike in 6th and rolling it backwards can allow enough slack to build up on the chains to pop one more click out... but not sure it works.

anything i can do shy of pulling it out and resetting it?

 

Try It

 

6th gear in reverse. Thats all.

 

Nice. How far.. 5 feet or so?

 

yes sir.

 

whats it do that helps it?

 

It pulls slack on the opposite side on the chain, allowing the tensioner to auto adjust out a click or two. Something like that.

 

I have an 03/04 636 manual PDF file. You need adobe reader to view it but you just print out the pages you want and you dont gotta worry about ruining them

 

oh read your post wrong, you were looking for a part, not a manual on ebay. my bad

 

hey does that work on f4is and RRs??

and i gotta manual tensioner on the f4i so that wont work on the bike right?

 

ya, my understanding is it only works on bike with the wratcheting cct's. yours is like a spring wrapped around a screw, right?

 

if your bike has a rattle caused by the automatic cct then more then likely the cct is broke and needs to be replaced , i suggest an ape cct

as far as rolling your bike backwards you will put a whole hell of alot more slack in the chain just by taching out your bike in first gear and then jumping out of the gas or hard engine braking ,i doubt you can put as much slack on the chain as a hard engine brake simply by rolling your bike backwards...

 

jusy buy a new one from the dealer or get the ape..it's like $45!! or $1000 for a new motor...

 

how do you know for sure its bad

is it really loud??

i can hear a kind of ticking but its not loud

 

it gets louder.. but try to change it asap... why not!?

 

cause if it doesnt need to be changed im not going to change it, im broke

 

Broke? what makes you think it's broke? If that's the case my motor would have taken a ****.

I think it just needs to be tightened 1 more click.

 

i say it is broke becuase it is an automatic cct and should adjust automaticly .

what normally happens is the teeth that hold the tension bar in place get broke off and that allows it to bounce around making that noise you here , an ape cct is a manual cct and is held in place by a lock nut , they are cheap and i never heard of one failing depending on riding styly they usually only need adjusting about once a year

 

how hard is it to adjust it though so you know its right

i know you tighten it just a lil to much can **** it up

 

heres my problem ive taken mine apart before and all the teeth are fine when i reinstall it its good for 100 miles then its out of tension again whats up with that