hi..my z's motor is ticking..it has been for a long time..its a fast ticking on the side of the cylinder.. Any ideas what ti could be..either timing chaine or valves..

 

Did it just start?

Could be a valve tap, or it could be the cam chain tensioner slapping on the cassett.

Does it go away with RPM increase?

 

do you have after market cams?

 

if you have aftermarket cams then most likely thats the noise. if not it sounds like the timing chain or tensioner like what was said before
or your getting piston slap on the wrist pin

 

it just ticks faster when I rev it up..its been doing it for like a year now..but the ticig stays has gotten a little bit louder but not much..no aftermarket cams. any ideas now? I can't hear it when im going along in gear but at idle or clutch enaged it ticks..comes form my exhaust side of my cam cover

 

I am having the same problem???

 

yea it sux doens't it? Would goig full trottle 80% of any ride you go on have something to do with a cam chaine strecthing slightly? Cause im always giving her he11 on the dirt roads and stretches..4th and 5th all the time

 

Yep, i as well like to run mine hard, but that is no reason for that sound. I had my quad running today and i was trying to pin point the sound. tommorow i am going to order a set of new web cams and once my topend is open i will have the cam chain replaced for the second time now. I just dont understand why the sound is happening.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/img]

 

my guess would be your valves...my buddies z400 did the same thing, adjusted the valves, no more tick!

 

Yeah, same thing happens with my bike (aftermarket cams). But there's a pretty much stock kfx that rides with me as well, and that ones starting to tick too. It just needs the valves adjusted.