03 busa, loud clanking
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Berlin Germany
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the heck - how often again ???????
do the damn job i described at this page.
retightening is senseless up to stupid doing / fumbling around !!
otherwise you can (will) loose lots of money - broken part could cost (new) around 1500 - 2000 €
plus the event. job to pull the engine and open the gearbox if you can´t find all little broken parts - see the pic with the oil pan and all the parts in there - horror pure !!!
can´t believe that there are still busas ´99 - ´14 without glued-in / loctited clutch studs
all later than ´14 have "loctited" studs - as far as i know - but i wouls say safety first an control !!!! what year ever u have.
If its the tensioner, i have a brand new one
Yeah I might need to order one, after work today I'm going to manually crank the engine from the passenger side and see if she slaps, I unbolted the back side of the tensioner to manually push it further in and I believe it's maxed out
is there a oil line that goes to it?
Yes there is, I've debated ordering the manual cam tensioner, thoughts?
ottafish
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Do it
Berlin Germany
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stop this stupid and money wasting idea
the clanking came from the loosened screws at the clutch.
the tensioneer should be ok - don´t fumble around there !!!
and if ever u have a noise / issue somewhere , start repair with one point (of where the issue is supposed) at the bike,
then test and if not solved,
do the next change and next test - whatever you change , change step after step NEVER 2 or more changes in one step - you can´t identitify an issue that way.
Northernstar
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You made me worry too
Thanks for the good instructions. I checked my own clutch today, but it was already glued, anyway now I know for sure. Thank you!You must nit read my threads, I've pulled my clutch apart 3 separate times, to the point I've literally even pulled out and inspected all the clutches.... I single handedly used a torque wrench and tightened them using thread locker aswell on the internals.... and yet when I start it, I still get the same damn smacking, which if you read my threads, already did the clutch on 3 separate occasions and still get the smacking sound from the top right of the engine bay where the cam chain rests underneath the valve cover.... I've already done the clutch and even tightened them down to the torque specifications following those instructions aswell as following the pdf version online. The sound still persists Berlin Germany. And that second video with me revving the engine and you hear it more prevalent was the second time I pulled the clutch apart and tightened ever single bolt on it. The third time I threadlocked them, started it and same smacking from the top right. I'm not stupid contrary to your belief in my humanity. The sound still persists leading me to believe it's the cam chain tensioner that has failed hence the need for me to purchase a new cam tensioner and chain, because if I'm already that deep to change the tensioner I'm changing the chain..... I'd rather be more on the side of caution and replace it while I'm already elbow deep. The clutch was settled yet issue remains. And I've already checked the exhaust gaskets aswell... leading to the last issue of that cam tensioner probably being at fault.......
Berlin Germany
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well ,
distance diagnosis often can fail .
distance diagnosis often can fail .
That's a fact right there...
Diagnosing something over the internet even with videos is a real challenge...
So, checked the timing, everything is all timed correctly, checked the chain tension, she's tight. Here's some pictures of both.... I'm fairly stumped now as to what could be causing the clanking and ideas from here. Either that clutch mod is required, because when I checked her out I could physically move it in there and she cranked a bit. But what else could cause this issue?
So put her all back together, brought her up to temp hoping maybe it's push some oil through after sitting for 3 years.... still a clanking going on, I gave her a nice Rev and it seems like after about 4-5k+ rpms the sound goes away, and yes it's loud but you can still tell it goes away. So I'm thinking it's probably due for needing the clutch upgrade for the clutch basket to remove that damn clanking 
anybody similar occasions? The shop I called originally said sounds like tensioner, I obviously checked that. The second shop I just got off the phone with said it sounds like a rod. 1400$ and about a 5 day turn around on the rod job. Would a rod knock go away after a higher rpm though is my question.
anybody similar occasions? The shop I called originally said sounds like tensioner, I obviously checked that. The second shop I just got off the phone with said it sounds like a rod. 1400$ and about a 5 day turn around on the rod job. Would a rod knock go away after a higher rpm though is my question.
Sitting for long periods of time and not placed into long term preservation can lead to some crazy things...So put her all back together, brought her up to temp hoping maybe it's push some oil through after sitting for 3 years.... still a clanking going on, I gave her a nice Rev and it seems like after about 4-5k+ rpms the sound goes away, and yes it's loud but you can still tell it goes away. So I'm thinking it's probably due for needing the clutch upgrade for the clutch basket to remove that damn clanking
Could be a bearing that got rusty due to condensation in the engine and the bearing being partially exposed out of oil?
I've heard of this before but the bike sat longer..
Is there any noticeable vibration?
nothing terrible vibrating other than when it clanking you can feel it vibrate throughout the bike, I've tried touching everywhere when it's happening and nothing vibrating more than anything else.. and nothing abnormally wrong with it.
Sounds like a crank bearing. Best of luck
Probably gonna bite the bullet and have the shop look it over
