Hey everyone, I have a 91 XR250R that I rebuilt last year,The topend has about 55 to 60 hours or so on it. The only things I reused when I rebuilt the topend was the main and sub rocker arm shafts,and the sub rocker arms,cam,main rocker arms,cam chain/tensioner were all replaced. Here for the last while I started hearing a rattling over the normal valvetrain(tappet)noise. I got kinda worried so 2 nights ago I pulled the valve cover off. So far I have found the following. Both of the exhaust sub rocker arms have alot of left to right freeplay,the intake sub rocker arms and none of the 4 main rocker arms have any free play from left to right. Could this be causing a rattle with the 2 exhaust sub rocker arms having this left to right freeplay?
I don't hear the rattle until the bike is warmed up and then I can only here it at idle. I also noticed that my new stock cam I put in,the lobes are scored. On one of the lobes the edge of the lobe is chipped off. Not alot but some of it is chipped off,you can only notice it if you are looking close,you just do a quick glance over the cam and you won't see it. And there is some light scoring on the other lobes as well. I put in a brand new oil pump and it is pumping lots of oil to the topend. What should I do about the cam? And could this rattle be coming from the free play in the intake sub rocker arms? Thanks for reading guys.Matt