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hi gang ive just droped the sump plate off and found a part of a cam chain guide laying in the bottom of . also the oil pump strainer was full of yuck . strainer is now clean . can a Cam chain front guide be fitted with out spliting the the engine ?

From memory, think the head needs to be removed - but not an engine split

barrels have to come off,no other way of doing it

have had the same problem with the Z900A4 BunnyZ and I bought.

Trashed all the camchain guides as well. Now has all new guides/rollers.

the hains book of lies dosent show a good image . but it looks like it bolts in under one of the pinion shafts . but i would rather ask than strip it down to find out there is an easyier way lol thanks for the help .

Zedrider, i have a gen Kawasaki w/s manual for Z1/Z900. I also have a Clymer one, that includes the later models.
If you need anything photo-copying, let me know.
Haynes manuals aren't great

Hi Zedrider,
I had exactly the same problem a few years ago and also discovered the problem during the oil change on my Z1. The front cam chain guide is fixed to the base of the barrels by a single screw and also locates by two small lugs into subsequent recesses at barrels base, all held in place when bolted down onto the crank cases (For this reason I would be doubtfull a new one could be installed with block in place). It makes sence to remove the barrels just to inspect for subsequent damage/debris, I have seen some barrels suffer camchain damage at the fixing point and also the small recesses badly worn where a loose guide had been vibrating about causing them to wear out of shape and when the new guide was fitted it was not locating properly and could move around. This can be repaired also but they need to be removed obviously. Hope this is helpfull, Alex.

as always the good people on here have been very helpfull . i thank you all .