350x motor tick

[Gunnar]

So I adjusted the valves tonight and they were tight. So tight that I couldnt tell top dead center. Pulled covers off set timing marks and they wouldnt move, so rotated 360 and still tight. So I backed them off to spec .003".
That didnt work motor still has a tick. WTF?? and now its a mother to kick over and cuts out when throttle is bliped fast. Did I not set at TDC or what? Could it be timing?
Supposedly the motor was rebuilt in 05 So it cant be nothing major(I hope)

Any Ideas?

[Dirtcrasher]

Sometimes I use a plastic straw throught the spark plug hole to find TDC instead of the fly marks that can be difficult to find. Then I would simply remove the valve cover caps, back the adjusters off a couple of turns, and watch them at each TDC point. You'll figure out which rotation has the valves in the relaxed position that way. Then, adjust them to the .003 or whatever and run it.

If there's still a tick you may have a worn out cam chain and gears or the ever so often bad cam journals and a worn head.

Changing the oil on 350X seems to be very important.

[Gunnar]

I did screw up, set to wrong tdc. Readjusted valves. Still ticks but fixed throttle blips. Tried to adj. cam chain tensioner, loosened bolt at end of cone and kicked over slowly 3 times. Still TICKS. I noticed that you can hear it slow after the rev dies off. Changing the oil tomorrow, But oil in it looks fresh.

I hope that it aint cam journals / worn head.

Thanks for the help dirtcrasher

[Liquid-Darkness]

Hey thats not a good way to set your cam chain tensioner for a 350x. The book says to take off the little bolt in the middle of the tensioner and stick a small screw driver in and turn the small flat head till it brings back the spring load completely, then quickly pluck out the screw driver and the tensioner will push quickly into the chain guide. Thats setting the cam chain the right way. The bolt you loosened is just an inspection cover to do the above statement. As for the noise, some new valve guides and valves with a 3 angle cut job should quiet that up. Maybe some 20/50 motor oil and higher octaine fuel. Good luck.

[Gunnar]

Thanks, I have never adjusted the cam chain before and thats how I was told to do it. I will try that. I downloaded the manual and cant find the instructions to do this. Anyone know the page no.