82 gs850gl

[Harry P.]

Hello All,

I have a few stripped cam cover screws that I plan on Helicoiling, my question is would this cause the bike not to throttle up correctly? Maybe due to not being torqued down the cams could distort? It starts, idles and I can give it aprox 1/2 throttle but then it starts bogging down.

[Dogma]

Are we talking about the cover over both cams, or the caps that hold either side of each cam? If it's the caps, I'd recommend not running it until you get the threads repaired so you can torque them properly.

If the cams aren't slamming around in there, your problems are more likely incorrect cam timing. If you've had them off that is. If you haven't removed the cams, and the tensioner isn't giving you troubles, then you need to look elsewhere.

Was it running well recently? What has changed?

[Harry P.]

It is the caps that hold the cams in.

[chef1366]

Nope not the issue at hand.
Sounds like a fuel issue.