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Author: Subject: R1 Cam Chain Stretch
mad-butcher

posted on 27/3/12 at 05:38 PM Reply With Quote
R1 Cam Chain Stretch

Can't find any reference to what the serviceable stretch is on an R1 cam chain.
any opinions please

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tia
tony

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afj

posted on 27/3/12 at 07:32 PM Reply With Quote
I'd just fit a new one if in any doubt think they are about £80





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motorcycle_mayhem

posted on 27/3/12 at 08:52 PM Reply With Quote
Having checked my R1 manuals, there's no reference to wear. Yamaha tell me that the chain wears not at all in use, except if it's starved of oil.. I guess the wear is then obvious!

The GSXR bibles again have no limits specified (it's the same chain), just refers to 'any discernable play in the links' as a reason to fail it. I can lay any of my used GSXR chains as you've photgraphed and get the same curvature. I have no new ones to hand right now.

Thanks for making me look. I normally just dispose of them regardless of age or usage. I guess I'm just paranoid, but I rarely re-use anything. By the time I've bored and plated the thing, new pistons, Carillo rods, stroker crank, one piece valves, race cams, etc.... not much gets left!

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