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CousinLarry 07-09-2010 04:15 PM

Where to get cam chain?
 
To the people who have replaced their cam chains - where did you get them? All I can find are $80 OEM ones.. Does any aftermarket company make them for our bike? Or are we stuck with OEM?

I can't find anything else...
Thanks

TNC 07-09-2010 04:26 PM

Yeah, got an OEM one for mine. I agree, it's pricey. Thankfully the shop I used to work at for 15 years still gives me the employee deal. I notice in the Tucker/Rocky catalog that there are lots of aftermarket cam chains, but most are listed by chain plate/roller size and pin numbers. I didn't study the spec on our KLX chains to compare, but maybe it's worth a look.

BTW, Mark at Kreiger Tensioners is sending me the KLX manual cam chain tensioner prototype next week to try.

wild will 07-09-2010 06:38 PM


Originally Posted by TNC (Post 424192)
BTW, Mark at Kreiger Tensioners is sending me the KLX manual cam chain tensioner prototype next week to try.

What will be the advantage of a manual tensioner compared to the stock one, just curious?

wild will 07-09-2010 06:47 PM

http://cyclewareables.com/pages/cam_...ns_by_size.htm

If you scroll down they have the same model 92RH2010 chain that matches the stock one, just need to find how many links?

The 07 cam chain #92057-1416 says 92RH2010 next to it?

TNC 07-10-2010 12:14 AM


Originally Posted by wild will (Post 424198)
What will be the advantage of a manual tensioner compared to the stock one, just curious?

Will, the reason some of us are replacing cam chains on relatively low mileage motors is because the factory automatic cam chain tensioner in some instances is not maintaining proper tension. Kreiger has made tensioners for different bikes with this issue, and he's making one for the KLX.

wild will 07-10-2010 03:34 PM


Originally Posted by TNC (Post 424226)
Will, the reason some of us are replacing cam chains on relatively low mileage motors is because the factory automatic cam chain tensioner in some instances is not maintaining proper tension. Kreiger has made tensioners for different bikes with this issue, and he's making one for the KLX.

Thanks for the info, good luck and let us know how it works.

CousinLarry 07-10-2010 04:16 PM

OEM it is.. And let me know when the manual tensioner is working!

TNC 07-10-2010 07:52 PM


Originally Posted by CousinLarry (Post 424266)
OEM it is.. And let me know when the manual tensioner is working!

Hopefully I'll have it to post pics of next week and install it immediately. I'd like to have it checked out for my Colorado trip next month. You know...for us old enough to remember, manual cam chain adjusters were the norm in the not-too-distant past. My '73 Z-1 900 had one, and it was easy to adjust...as well as several other bikes I had. I know one thing...I never had to replace a cam chain at 11,000 miles on anything I owned with a manual adjuster.


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