Rebuilt modded 250sx ticking

[mike84bigred]

Since the rebuild, I have noticed a tick the last few times I ride my 250sx. The clearances were just done. Its not horriable, but the tick is deffeniatly there. It dosen't seem to be getting any worse, but I just want to make sure i'm not doing any damage, especially to my new cam? I'm pretty sure its coming from the rocker pad. I suppose I should have listened to that person who told me to get those hard welded as well when using a hard weld cam, but anyways, any problems you think?

[Yamaha_Rules69]

Did you measure all the components in the rocker area as spec in the manual? It sounds like somthing could be worn / not adjusted to spec. Is you timing chain adjusted correctly? Good luck!

[mike84bigred]

Timing chain, good. Did the old screwdriver to the ear trick to pin point the noise, and heard a lot of noise coming from the intake rocker shaft.

By the way, thats the most disturbing avatar I have ever seen!