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OH CRAP - valve cover rubber wedged in cam chain tunnel

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Re: OH CRAP - valve cover rubber wedged in cam chain tunnel

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IonBeam, would you run this cam chain?
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Re: OH CRAP - valve cover rubber wedged in cam chain tunnel

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ionbeam wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:48 pm ... The problem with the Gen I CCT was the spring getting flaccid and not keeping sufficient pressure on the long chain slipper.
That's what She said!
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Re: OH CRAP - valve cover rubber wedged in cam chain tunnel

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dcarver wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:17 pm IonBeam, would you run this cam chain?
I view cam stretch as fictional. The true fact is wear. There are chain gauges that measure wear and the subsequent elongation. What you did couldn't/can't have elongated the chain. Unless the chain is distorted or has binding links the chain is usable. I'd use it.
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Re: OH CRAP - valve cover rubber wedged in cam chain tunnel

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Carver - don't you have enough good roads to ride over there? Dude - panic not. Just leave it and take the Strom for now.

Those friggin power plants owe you reparations for having to sniff their air all those years. It's affecting you, man!!!!!!

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