Need some feedback from this group that has been helpful with my CB400.
I bought a nice but neglected 1974 CB360 and have gotten it running with a good carb clean, new battery and points/timing adjustment. Ran OK -drove 5-6 miles, on return, heard the top end was noisy with clattering etc so next day thought I would go through tune ritual again to add valve adjustment to the mix/ this time with first doing cam chain tension adjustment- but when I loosened the cam chain adjustment bolt and lock bolt (that were overtight) they just turned around stripped. Pulled out the tension adjustment bolt and there was metal from the female threads loose on the bolt. Not sure what to do next- I re-inserted the stripped bolt then tried to re-start the bike to see impact of this situation and the bike revved right up to 7-8K rpm’s with no throttle opening by hand!!!- so I shut it down to avoid worst happening.
Help, what am I up against with this issue, how to fix the chain tensioner female threads to get this back to an adjustable state to move forward with project. I am hoping that just removing cylinder head will allow access to what ails this without whole tear down? Would this chain adjuster issue cause the engine to rev up that high???
Thanks to any support I can get from the forum!!!!!!
I bought a nice but neglected 1974 CB360 and have gotten it running with a good carb clean, new battery and points/timing adjustment. Ran OK -drove 5-6 miles, on return, heard the top end was noisy with clattering etc so next day thought I would go through tune ritual again to add valve adjustment to the mix/ this time with first doing cam chain tension adjustment- but when I loosened the cam chain adjustment bolt and lock bolt (that were overtight) they just turned around stripped. Pulled out the tension adjustment bolt and there was metal from the female threads loose on the bolt. Not sure what to do next- I re-inserted the stripped bolt then tried to re-start the bike to see impact of this situation and the bike revved right up to 7-8K rpm’s with no throttle opening by hand!!!- so I shut it down to avoid worst happening.
Help, what am I up against with this issue, how to fix the chain tensioner female threads to get this back to an adjustable state to move forward with project. I am hoping that just removing cylinder head will allow access to what ails this without whole tear down? Would this chain adjuster issue cause the engine to rev up that high???
Thanks to any support I can get from the forum!!!!!!