Is this the CCT noise I read about here ...

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  1. carlgustav

    carlgustav New Member

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    Well, my 07 has developed a sound that is troubling. I attempted to capture it in this video:
    https://youtu.be/JaLhOkS86C4
    You should be able to hear the engine idle note change significantly. You can hear it at the start of the video, then it goes away and comes back. I rev the engine slightly but that doesn't seem to affect much.
    My girl has ~36K miles, so I guess it's about time the CCTs go ...

    TIA,
    ACE
     
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    Yep.

    The good news is that its fairly easy to do - You only need to lift the fuel tank remove the airbox & work from there. There is a few posts on here about ihow to do it.
     
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    What is a CCT?

    Oh man, l would rather not have to remove my air box ever again.
     
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    Cam Chain Tensioner - basically a device to keep a certain amount of tension on the cam chain. They wear over time (the spring gets tired) & so get noisey. They are required !! - You can get manual versions too..
     
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    Cam Chain Tensioner

    Edit: I just got beat by a Peter :glee:
     
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    Thanx folks ... and I'm sorry that GG got beat by a Peter, life is tough sometimes :biggrin: ...

    ACE
     
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    its not his fault - I was online & had fixed this last year so its fresh in my memory..lol
     
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    So there's two kinds? Self adjusting which is stock and manual?


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    Prepping to repair ...

    Thanx to all the performance mods I've read about in this forum, I'm now able to pop a wheelie in the garage, from a standstill ... :cool: ...
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    And I can get at that pesky K&N oil filter :eek-new: while up there. I've managed to pull off ~5K miles and 2 long road trips using the damn thing, I guess I better change it while I'm ahead.
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    ACE
     
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    The stock one is self adjusting and fail every 60 000 km at most. I changed it for the first time at 60 000km, and now I'm at 101 598km and I start to hear it again...

    I want to recommend the manual one since the oem one is not that good but since I have zéro experience on them I would say keep it oem.

    Edit: 36 000 Miles = 58 000 km. So yeah, you're in the range where it needs to be changed.
     
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    Hi two years ago my vtec's cam chain was making a racket of a noise, I didn't have money spare to change the cct so I looked on the net, and decided to try and fix, I ended up making my stock cct units manually adjustable, and since fitting I've not needed to touch them.
     
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    There is a utube video showing how to adjust the CCT's by modifying the spring. Its not that difficult a job.
    Personally, if you have gone to the time & effort to remove them, then for me it was a better idea to just install new ones.
     
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