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Message started by Dale72 on 07/14/12 at 17:36:24

Title: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/14/12 at 17:36:24

Friday: Weird noise from my 97 Savage developed
Saturday: Watched videos on this site of same noise and read about possible problems
Saturday afternoon: took off side cover tenshioner was shaped like a v and rubbing gear
Now: Want to know where the cheapest one can be found

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Cavi Mike on 07/14/12 at 18:12:02

That's funny you ask. The best one can be found right here on these forums. verslagen1 has them.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by verslagen1 on 07/14/12 at 18:26:21

the tensioner has fallen apart, but it's not the tensioner... it's the chain.
I mod the tensioner to get more life out of the chain in the marketplace.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/14/12 at 21:45:12

I guess you lost me are you saying I need to replace the chain as well?

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by rfw2003 on 07/14/12 at 21:56:18

If you buy Verslagen1's modified tensioner you can delay the chain replacement, if not then your only option is to replace the chain and use your stock tensioner. Verslagens' tensioner has an extra hole welded onto it to allow the adjustment to go out to the point where Suzuki says the chain is actually at it's full service life.

R.F.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/14/12 at 22:03:11

Oh I see. do you have to do any additional mods to get it to mount or is it a swap out. I contacted him on price if my e-mail went through.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by rfw2003 on 07/14/12 at 22:33:33

3938353B32243621363032570 wrote:

Oh I see. do you have to do any additional mods to get it to mount or is it a swap out. I contacted him on price if my e-mail went through.

Nope no mods, it's a direct bolt in swap.

R.F.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/16/12 at 17:34:44

Well i decided new tenshioner and chain (way to much play) so now its to the manual to find TDC.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Routy on 07/17/12 at 05:42:31

2C2D202E27312334232527420 wrote:

Well i decided new tenshioner and chain (way to much play) so now its to the manual to find TDC.

Hum'mmmm,...first you wanted the cheapest way out,....now you unnecessarily replacing the expensive chain? Now you got me confused :-/

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Oldfeller on 07/17/12 at 07:49:05

He's saying that he never bothered to read up on the subject and has never used the Table of Contents in the TECH SECTION to find:

Cam Chain Issue Library (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1176999168)

so he blew $100 several years too early. That's OK, he doesn't have to put it in right away, he can read the stuff now and understand the whole topic a lot better.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/17/12 at 10:45:14

Take that new chain & put it in a jar & cover it with oil, seal it up & hang it up out of the way,, or, save your "old" chain & in 25 or 30 thousand miles, when this one is worn out, put the old one back in,

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/17/12 at 17:45:40

New to bikes guys just trying to figure it out. Seemed like asking people who knew was a good idea. Am use to cars and the timing chain had approx. 3" of play. I just guessed that was extreme. Someone on this site said the reason my tensioner went was because of the chain. I thought it was a good idea.

Actually, our tensioner can only accomodate about half of the wear life of the chain, but we have ways of handling that.

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/17/12 at 19:32:53

I guess if I asked how to locate top dead center I could catch more flack?

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Oldfeller on 07/17/12 at 20:14:50

No, nobody would give you any flack for being a newbie. Just go to Tech Section, up at the top where it says Table of Contents with Links, start reading the list headings looking for Lube, Maintenance and Tune Up, scan down that list and find

Find TDC... the easy way... (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1278347767) jest click on it, linky linky

It is really easy, we made it that way so folks like you can find things.

However, if you go around blowing $100 here and there, that we will might give you a little grief for (mainly because we are jealous that you can do it so casually so you must be pretty well off compared to the rest of us working stiffs)

;)

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/17/12 at 20:18:41

You can pull the plug & poke a straw in & move the rear tire till it come up as far as it will go, & if the valves ( all 4 of them) are closed, thats TDC compression,,
OR,, You can pull the timing cover & look at the marks & do it the right way,,
BUT,, before you start back together, check & make sure the piston hasnt moved..
Put the lumpy side down,,

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/19/12 at 18:01:37

was not aware of the tech section. Found it and it was a asset thanks. The straw issue that was mentioned I contemplated. Thanks

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/23/12 at 14:58:46

is there a TDC marc on the cam wheel as well? During the removal of my timimg chain and the gear I am sure i may have moved off of TDC but am certain there is a way to find it again. Also got my new chain and tensioner today. Yea! :)

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by verslagen1 on 07/23/12 at 22:10:12

it's in here...

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1256079122

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/24/12 at 15:22:57

Got it all together and she fired on first try. No oil leaks and NO timing chain noise at all. Thanks for all the help. It was a blessing in disguise I now know where everything is under that side case. It gives ya a little piece of mind knowing how to work on it. I glad I didnt "Cheap" out,

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by teabowl13 on 07/24/12 at 19:50:23

Glad to hear it all worked out for you. Always feels god when that happens; now you can go out and ride that thing instead of sitting at your keyboard talking about it all night long... ;D

Title: Re: Best place to buy a timing chain tenshioner.
Post by Dale72 on 07/29/12 at 17:19:41

Been about a week now and no problems. I think I am very happy with the job I did. Thanks for all you alls help.