18r-gu noises. Please help.

[airfireman1]

You can check the right hand side chain guide by removing the front cover on the head and inspecting the guide through there. it sounds like either the guides are worn beyond the limit or the tensioner on the drivers side of the head is out of adjustment.. Just do not over tighten the chain tensioner as it will cause rapid wearing out of the guides. Also any major adjustment of the tensioner will cause the cam timing to be retarded and you may have to reset the cam timing
Cheers Dave

[jedrock]

You can check the right hand side chain guide by removing the front cover on the head and inspecting the guide through there. it sounds like either the guides are worn beyond the limit or the tensioner on the drivers side of the head is out of adjustment.. Just do not over tighten the chain tensioner as it will cause rapid wearing out of the guides. Also any major adjustment of the tensioner will cause the cam timing to be retarded and you may have to reset the cam timing
Cheers Dave

Cool. Thanks for all the info. I'll be working on it this weekend. How do I know if the guides are bad? And how much tension should be in the chain?

[SilverRA23]

My friend I think you need to do a search on the forums and see what you can find.

That or get your hands on a "green book" the 18rg manual.

Here is a couple of links that might help you with some of your questions.

http://users.on.net/~csharman/docs/18rgeu.pdf

http://www.toymods.net/forums/showth...ight=18rg+life

If you have any specific questions i would be asking them in the 18rg thread.. those guys know everything there is to know.