You don't. The YFM225 uses an automatic chain tensioner that helps to take up the slack on the cam chain. If you are getting chain slap, then either the chain is stretched or the tensioner is not functioning correctly. In both cases, the parts should be replaced. You cannot repair a non-functioning auto tensioner, nor can you remove links from a stretched cam chain.
How to adjust timing chain Yamaha sr125
The way to adjust cam chain on TTR 125 is by putting the chain on the cam sprocket and making sure that it is the same. You can also remove and reset it as well.
according to the service manual the cam chain is not adjustable. you must replace it or the tensioner if it is noisy. mine make's a rattling noise at idle and need's to be replaced.
how do I adjust the cam timing chain
I believe the cam chain tensioner on the 400ex is automatic, as with most if not all of the newer quads.
how can you use the cam tensioner on a 325 magnum
you can't : On the '97 Twin cam engine the cam chain tensioner depends on oil pressure. I had a problem that with 200,000 miles the chain had stretched farther than the tensioner could handle and had to replace the cam chain.
You set cam timing on a Yamaha big bear 350 4x4, by opening up the bike chassis and looking for the cam timing levers. You can adjust it up or down until you have it set to how you want it.
No Harley Sportster has ever had a cam chain. The camshafts are gear driven, directly off the crank. No tension adjustment required.
You cannot adjust the tensioner. It is automatic, and takes out the slack of a stretching/aging cam chain. Once the tensioner has fully extended, the only fix is to replace the chain and the part of the tensioner the chain rides on if it is worn.
Very simple if your talking about the sprocket chain. Simply loosen both back wheel nuts turn cam on one side and then the other side, make sure both are turned equal amount of notches, do this until chain is tight and re-tighten big wheel nuts.
The cam chain on xr250's are adjusted automaticly by a mechanism inside the engine, so there is no way to manually tighten it. If your engine is making a rattling sound, then your cam chain may need replacing as they do wear out over time which makes them longer