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Old Oct 17, 2013 | 11:12 AM
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Does anyone one know of a sure way to tell if compensator spring pack is toast? My mechanic friend swears thats compensator noise resonating thru the heads,,I'm going to recheck compensator spring pack,and cam chain tensioners
 
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Old Oct 17, 2013 | 11:43 AM
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Only good way to tell is to remove it. The cranks in the 99-02's were pretty good to not twist.
My '99 had a whirring noise, that turned into a knock, it was the cheap a$$ inner cam bearings.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 11:21 AM
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I forgot to mention ,the person i bought this bike from,replaced inner primary as it blew apart on her,,she couldnt tell me what went inside,,said she only had to replace the shoe a bolt and the inner primary cover
 
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Old Feb 16, 2014 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by berndog
Does anyone one know of a sure way to tell if compensator spring pack is toast? My mechanic friend swears thats compensator noise resonating thru the heads,,I'm going to recheck compensator spring pack,and cam chain tensioners
I'm just thinking that a competent mechanic can isolate the noise between the comp. and the heads. I think I could and I'm nowhere near the caliber of guys that do it for a living.

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