It's amazing what a man can do with a few tools a dry area and a camera

Hi Pete my name is Tom Sanders just wanted to say hi my wife and I live in the western part of Illinois buy the Mississippi River the wife and I really enjoy watching your videos you put out we are big time sledheads keep up the good work

Excellent video that every LS 650 owner should watch! I had the same problem. Another weak spot of the engine is the starter clutch gear. The gear tends to break - happend to my bike. Suzuki solved the problem from 1996 on with an improved gear that also fits in the older models. So, if your LS is pre 96 you should replace the shitty gear with an improved one. All the best, cheers from Germany 👍

Much better! Good thing you invested and fixed it. Saved your engine for sure

Possibly the best channel I’ve come across in a long time. Love your videos. 🍻

Be watching your videos love the way you guys are doing them big fan.Thanks.

Dude this video was excellent. Thank you very much for putting it together.

LOL, it was me who made the lift comment in the previous video from seeing it cluttered. The first thing in this video I seen it was on the lift and I thought I wonder if he seen the comment I left then you talked about it being a bench, storage and such and it made me chuckle. Thanks for sharing these videos especially the vintage sleds , always worth the watch.

Entertaining as usual Pete! Cheers from Bracebridge Ontario 🍺🍻

Nice job once again pete!!!!!

Just like factory ,,great job PETE,,she should last a long time safe riding buddy,better then new runs great buddy

Nice save bud !!!! Good video !!

Great fix. I'm sure mine will eventually need this mod. Thanks for sharing it.

My favorite KZfaqr. And Canadian to boot! Enjoy all your vids. You get it done with humor. I'm a sledder and prefer those vids. But whatever you do is great. I think that chain should go Pete!

You're a true mechanical genius man!

Great video Pete as always 👍. cheers from Newfoundland.

Another entertaining video ✌🏻

Awesome videos Eugene from Goderich on

That's awesome that you got it figured out. New tires are a good idea. You don't wanna have a blowout and eat the pavement. It's like Red Green says asphalt is an unforgiving surface, it doesn't matter who you are if you slide across it you're gonna have a bad time.

Damn thanks man! My Savage is making this exact same racket so ima tear that shit apart tomorrow n fix it so my neighbors will stop complaining about the noise every time I start my bike up 😅

Great job 👍 Nice fix!!! Have a good rest of your week.. Stay safe

You done it right. No chain needed!

Interesting mod - sure quieted things down!

rejet that carb for more fuel. it's lean now with the open flow exhaust. lean = heat. heat = melted piston ring grooves. and just to play devil's advocate... one can bump up the mediocre 29-31hp with a few simple upgrades. punch the jug to 95mm and stuff the bore with a wiseco high compression forged 95mm piston for a 1995 dr650. Port and polish in and out. open the restrictive throat in the exhaust. those mods applied properly will yield a solid 40+hp scoot that will make the Hardly boys rethink their life. good video man.

Nice job simple and ride on

Excellent fix 👏 👍 👌 😀

Nice one!!!

Wow. Good you pulled it apart now. That would have ended badly.😁

Pete, you can call that the redheaded step child..

Easy peezy just the way I like it. Nice fix pete.

I made one the very same as this when i was 14 👍

Now the question is if you should make the same mod to your lady's bike as a preventative measure or just wait for the clickety clack to happen first. Nice job BTW, your God given talent is clear.

Sweet fix

Eventually, I'll have to clean the carbs on my 2006 S40. I also need two of those top/side engine covers. Looked them up over a year ago. $50 for one!!!

there is still life in the one lunger...nice

A nice set of drag bars would go good with the look you're after. Get rid of the chrome and put that baby black with aluminum or machined pieces. That's going to be a fun little bike when your done.

Hey Pete have you seen that brush on chrome paint. As it's drying it flow's out smooth. It quite amazing.. It sure is nice when the fix is next to free.. Get ur motor running.

Excellent

They generally make a lot of noise long before they grenade, giving plenty of time to do the work. It's a pretty easy fix, thankfully. the tensioner usually needs attention between 10k-15k miles, it's weird because there are some out there with way over 15k, so maybe abuse has a role to play, I'm not quite there yet, but prepared @10.7k.

Great common sense fix. Going to show my son. Thanks.

King

Wondering if you reply to mechanical snowmobile questions. Esp, triple 97 thundercat engine . Thanking you in advance for reply, Folks have to be more aware of this very very informative as well as fun channel. Thanks man.

that is the "adjuster", not tensioner. the 10mm bolt you removed is connected to the tensioner, which is hinged on the chrome 8mm bolt, same side of engine. The hole the bolt passes through has become ovoid, allowing excessive movement. Check exploded illustration.

need more videos Pete u could b making a mint ur awesome.videos.

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So what was loose or what was making the engine noise.

Those pipe bolts coming out the of that head that easy means someone has had it off recently

Can some one help my 650 runs on 1st and second gear but doesn't have power on 3rd and up but while riding but if I get off the seat and go thru the gears it has power but doesn't when riding on it

I just want to add, that Suzuki should be smacked in the face for letting this problem continue on a bike that's been out FOR DECADES!

Obrigado por compartilhar seu conhecimento, ótimo video👏👏Vou fazer igual na minha Savage,(mais um inscrito 👍)🙌🙏

can I ask if you know how many miles were on the bike when you fixed the tensioner? I have a savage 650 and want to know if I'm clear for a couple more miles or in the danger😅

Can I just replace the tensioner? Instead of having to make something

I hope you jetted the carb 😅

I have this bike. Mines a 90. Did he mention miles? Mine 6000

Did they have that problem fixed by 2012 and hiw many miles does yours have? Getting one with 8000 miles on it for 1500.oo C.O.D

How many miles were on the bike?

how many miles were on this when you did this?

The sound of the exhaust wouldn't have muffled the sound of that tensioner getting eaten by the engine

What happened to Kristina??

No,, the chain is beyond its limits change the chain it's that simple, or change the mechanic ,,

If your chain has stretched that much then it needs replacement.. When your chain stretches it also changes the valve timing.. Doing the tensioner mod is only making matters worse and eventually the chain will get extremely bad.. Imagine if it is bad enough that the valves are open when the piston is at TDC - that would not be good at all.. If you are going to fix it, then do it right the first time.. Or if the chain wears and stretches so much that it get weak and breaks while doing 60mph.. This jerry-riggin stuff is bull shit.. Someone else is going to copy this method and eventually totally ruin their engine.. It is sad when people think they are out smarting engineers, when this condition exist then a correct fix is needed to prolong the life of the engine and also for safety reasons.. The chain has reached is useful safe life and needs to be replaces.. An over stretched chain also starts to deform sprockets.. Some say that you can get a few extra thousand miles with this mod - but at what expense? It will then stretch so bad that the sprockets will get damaged on both the crank side as well as the cam side.. Now you have major problems.. It is better to give up a couple thousand miles of chain wear and save destruction of the sprockets.. Contrary to some beliefs - it is not a design flaw, it is designed to prolong the life of the engine if the correct maintenance is done - replace the chain..

Since 99.9% of Suzuki 650 S40 owners DON'T own a machine shop, a video that WE could use would be the remove and replacement of the chain and guides. Why make a video that only the 0.1% can use?