Yesterday while doing maintenance and tire changes on my 06 I was sucking on a beer and looking thru the owners manual since I hadn't done that in some while. I found two things...one of which was a major surprise that I had not noticed before. In the "periodic maintenance" table it notes that the timing chain as well as the connecting rod should be replace at 6200 miles or 24 months and the same interval thereafter. I'm not really surprised(I guess) by the chain but the connecting rod Since I'm pretty close to 6200 miles now I'm wondering what y'all do. Any words of wisdom? Doug
Hi Doug, I'd need to hunt through my archives but I'm pretty sure the rod replacement was an error in the manual for the 06 610. I think we had an updated table issued by the factory after we queried this. If I can find it, I'll post a copy. Dave
My 09 610 manual only said to check cam chain and nothing about con rod. I have seen the one that said that too.
It's a long story... Has to do with the 2yr. warranties in the other countries.... No need to worry about it. Just do your normal service and hit the trail!!! I'm at 11,000mi. and doing fine, my cct. is only at 6 clicks, I'm still on the og. clutch cable and battery. I know of 610's that have up to 20,000mi. and haven't been torn down yet. Make sure to have the beer AFTER you ride. Happy Trails.......
The 610 eats timing chains because the design does not let it stretch as much as other bikes because it starts destroying the oil system reed valve in short order when it stretches. The new 630 should fix that problem with a gear driven top end.
