I give up. I cant figure out why my valves keep clicking/clacking/ticking. I'm sure it's not the cam chain since I didnt touch it and the sounds dont go away when the bike warms up. The more throttle I give, the louder the sound gets. I used a stethoscope and I cant isolate it to a single cylinder nor can I figure out if it is my intake valves or exhaust valves. It's the third time I've taken off my valve cover and readjusted my valves according to my haynes manual. The second time around I didnt close the valve cover properly and smoke was coming out of the gap, now I put on a bunch of gasket maker and retightened it and there is a bit of smoke but I cant tell where it's coming from (It almost seems like its coming from where the four exhaust headers come into one).
Can anybody help? is the clacking noise more likely to be from loose valves or valves too tight? Any other reasons why there might be a clicky clacky noise?
I'm almost ready to give up and let a mechanic take a look at it but I dont want to if I dont have to.
Can anybody help? is the clacking noise more likely to be from loose valves or valves too tight? Any other reasons why there might be a clicky clacky noise?
I'm almost ready to give up and let a mechanic take a look at it but I dont want to if I dont have to.
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