Pics will come eventually...some day...whenever I get a chance to have a camera and someone who needs it done.

 

there is already an aftermarket manual cct on my 96f3....it doesnt seem to be vibrating too bad right now but do you think this is a worthwhile preventative thing I should do?

 

someone please post pics for this procedure. My CBR makes an aweful noise around 3-6 grand. This sounds like the best thing since the wheel!

 

Is this tutorial (the link with the pics) just for an F4i or should it also work for my F3??

 

Your install will be the same. Things will look different to get to the CCT, but it is the same. You might have to disconnect different wire or move a hose to get to it, but once there the allen bolts will be the same and the APE CCT will look and work the same.

Good Luck!

 

I'm doing the $5 fix and I bought a Stainless steel bolt 'cause I dont want rusting... will that spoil the CCT?

 

just curious if anyone has a sound clip of what this problem sounds like. My 06' f4i with only about 1700 miles on it makes a clicking noise i can hear at idle but not really hear while im going. and it gets a bit louder as i ride longer and harder and the bike gets hotter.

 

You'll only hear the CCTL making noise in the 5,000-6,000 RPM range.....that's the ONLY time

You can definitely hear it when you're riding too (over the exhaust)!!

 

It basically sounds like a valvetrain rattle between 3k-6k rpm. The range seems todepend on how badly the stock cct is at the time.

 

I would personally not recommend the $5 fix. I tried it. Bike sounded great for about a 1/2 mile, then it started sounding like a friggin jackhammer. [] I mean it was LOUD. Freaked me out so bad, I immediately tore the valve cover off, expecting one or both cams to be off-time. Neither was, so I expected the CCT sled to be shredded; it wasn't. I can only hypothesize that the jackhammer sound was from the new bolt hitting the back of the tensioner shaft after the shaft managed to slide forward a bit and develop a gap.

I'm installing a manual tensioner at this moment (got on to look for adjustment instructions). Hopefully everything will be fine after getting it on correctly.

P.S. Sorry to ressurect a long-dead thread, but I'm sure others will be reading this like I did. Just trying to save someone the same hassel I went through.