900 Thunder Bird Cam Chain Replacement

Hi A Family member has a 900 thunder bird that has a nasty noise coming from the cam chain area and hence 2 questions:

1. Are the cam chain tensioners prone to sticking

2. If its not a tensioner fault can the chain be replaced without splitting the crankcase.

I've only worked on my own 955 daytona which is fairly straight forward.

Thanks

 

Many thanks, i will take a look for him later


RossCo