5:05 def recommend the flywheel swap.. the magnets in the gen 1 flywheel were apparently installed with double sided sticky tape😂 and magnets go flying off. Next thing you know, the stator isn't working properly and magnets that popped off get turned to fragments that CAN get into the engine.. just learned all this by troubleshooting a faulty charging system. Took the flywheel/stator case off and sure enough, 2 magnets were shredded and 3 of the 4 remaining just fell out with the case... Now I'm learning about the CCT (reason I'm here) Thanks for the information bro. Good video
Thanks man. I did end up going with an aftermarket "RM Stator" replacement since I didn't want to fuck up modifying a 2nd gen on my own. Something about a heavy piece moving that piece and potentially being out of balance... wasn't feeling it, hah. I'd read that the 1st gen CCT and flywheels were the real weak spots on these bikes. They're pretty damn cool though! Cheers.
Staight up you sound EXACTLY like Bill Burr. The way you joke, use sarcasm, and even that remark about not buying into the flywheel thing are all things Bill Burr would absolutely say hahaha
As far as I know this type of "automatic" cam chain tensioner can't really be adjusted. The tension on the spring pushes the plunger as far as the chain will allow it to go and it locks. If the chain loosens, the CCT will get another click forward and tighten up. All I think you can really do is reset them and depress the plunger. There are manual CCTs that you have to physically adjust by threading a bolt. But that's a totally different type of setup.
I'm pretty certain this motor was the one that came originally with the bike. The cam chain tensioners were the original design--I replaced them with some gen2 tensioners I bought on eBay.
5:05 def recommend the flywheel swap.. the magnets in the gen 1 flywheel were apparently installed with double sided sticky tape😂 and magnets go flying off. Next thing you know, the stator isn't working properly and magnets that popped off get turned to fragments that CAN get into the engine..
just learned all this by troubleshooting a faulty charging system. Took the flywheel/stator case off and sure enough, 2 magnets were shredded and 3 of the 4 remaining just fell out with the case...
Now I'm learning about the CCT (reason I'm here)
Thanks for the information bro. Good video
Thanks man. I did end up going with an aftermarket "RM Stator" replacement since I didn't want to fuck up modifying a 2nd gen on my own. Something about a heavy piece moving that piece and potentially being out of balance... wasn't feeling it, hah.
I'd read that the 1st gen CCT and flywheels were the real weak spots on these bikes. They're pretty damn cool though! Cheers.
Staight up you sound EXACTLY like Bill Burr. The way you joke, use sarcasm, and even that remark about not buying into the flywheel thing are all things Bill Burr would absolutely say hahaha
Hah, maybe I've listened to a few too many hours of 'ole Billy Freckles over the years...
I'm with you on always removing useless emissions equipment.
thank you. I see you have the valve cover open but can you adjust the cam chain tensioner without valve covers off?
As far as I know this type of "automatic" cam chain tensioner can't really be adjusted. The tension on the spring pushes the plunger as far as the chain will allow it to go and it locks. If the chain loosens, the CCT will get another click forward and tighten up.
All I think you can really do is reset them and depress the plunger.
There are manual CCTs that you have to physically adjust by threading a bolt. But that's a totally different type of setup.
That looks to me like a second generation motor on there
I'm pretty certain this motor was the one that came originally with the bike. The cam chain tensioners were the original design--I replaced them with some gen2 tensioners I bought on eBay.