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    Caution: Do Not Play with Cam Chain Tensioner

    Hi Guys. I apologize in advance for asking such a stupid new guy question. After getting my new to me GS850G and removing the carbs for a good cleaning, (hasn't run since 95), I was wondering what the cam tensioner wheel was. This was of course prior to reading the owners manual. After flicking it back and forth a few times, I read the manual and found the strongly worded warning against doing so. Have I really screwed the pooch, or is it a big deal with the engine shut off? Thanks for your help. Let the ridicule begin....

    #2
    reset it and put it back...

    no harm done, as long as you did not crank the engine, be it forward or backward

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      #3
      Phew

      Thank you Sensei.

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        #4
        have a look here as well



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          #5
          I have often grabbed the cam chain tensioner wheel and loosened it by a half turn or so, then let it go and let the spring set the tension.

          In my younger days, like way back in '79 when I had my '78 GS1000E I actually did the above same thing with the engine running. It got a little noisier, but no ill effects. That bike just ran to spite me I guess.
          Of course now I'm a little wiser and allot older, I don't do that stuff now.
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