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Message started by borne2fly on 05/24/07 at 09:10:43

Title: Manually adjustable cam chain tensioner
Post by borne2fly on 05/24/07 at 09:10:43

The cam chain tensioner seems to be a major source of concern, apparently this thing can ultimately extend itself so far as to come apart and drop into the gears. Lovely. I'm thinking of fabricating an old-fashioned screw type manually adjustable tensioner. Yes, it would be a pain because I'd have to pull the clutch cover ever 5K miles or so to check the adjustment, but that's better than losing my engine. Besides, Harley uses a chain between the engine and tranny and after about 10k miles it seems to have done 90% of the stretching it's going to do.

Any feedback on this? Has anyone already done it?

Title: Re: Manually adjustable cam chain tensioner
Post by Savage_Rob on 05/24/07 at 10:13:06

I'm locking this topic and excerpting the post to the Cam Chain Issues (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;num=1179157571) thread.