this is from honda service manual : excessive vibration is caused by loose engine mounting hardware or a faulty "balancer system".
On 15 Apr, 15:02, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > Balancer? I am unaware of our bikes having one of those. They are internally > balanced and counter weighted. I would check with another shop, sounds like > he is trying to trick you. > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: fabiamino <[email protected]> > > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:57:31 > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: changing cam chain > > Thank you all for your replies. I must say that the bike is in fair > condition. the problem is not to repair. The first problem is to Have > confidence with the mechanic. He says the problem is the cam chain, > but it might just be the tensioner and I'll never know. The second > problem is that, by opening the engine, could be brought to light > other problems and I do not know if I can bear the cost. I did not say > that I have a problem with balancer and the mechanic tells me that > would solve that too. in short, is a bad dilemma. but I must say that > I love my nighthawk and I would like to try a lot of emotions with > her. Thanks to all > > On 15 Apr, 02:49, "Allen Thomas" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Fabio, why does he think you need to change the cam chain? Are there > > severe rattling noises coming from the motor? Usually people only know they > > are bad when they break. 50000Km is only like 20000 miles and a bad cam > > chain at that low mileage is unheard of. Besides even if there is chain > > noise there should be a tensioner you could adjust. > > Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: fabiamino <[email protected]> > > > Sender: [email protected] > > Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:19:58 > > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!<[email protected]> > > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] changing cam chain > > > hi, i'm fabio . i have a honda cb450sc (1985) i need help because my > > mechanic say that i have to change the cam chain and he want to do > > this 500€ (720$). do you think it's a right request for this work? My > > hawk have 50000km. thank you > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
