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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	chain tensioner 08/05/14 at 15:18:33 Managed to find a spare hour or so to fit Versy chain tensioner and look what I found lurking under the cover, I hope copyright has not been infringed and an international incident doesn't occur .
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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Re: chain tensioner Reply #1 - 08/05/14 at 15:22:19 The new one in situ - has anyone any idea how long it will be before chain needs replacing judging by position of piston,cheers all p.s. somebody was asking about the oil pump cog it felt a bit loose, backward and forward movement about 2/3 mm
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: chain tensioner Reply #2 - 08/05/14 at 15:44:28 I replaced mine around 50k miles cause I had one burning a hole in me pocket. You can get a few more mm's behind it if you replace the rear guide. It's a little tight, but can be done w/out removing the head cover.
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Re: chain tensioner
Reply #3 - 08/06/14 at 08:48:03

verslagen1 wrote on 08/05/14 at 15:44:28:

I replaced mine around 50k miles cause I had one burning a hole in me pocket.

You can get a few more mm's behind it if you replace the rear guide.
It's a little tight, but can be done w/out removing the head cover.

Which is the rear guide? You mean the one held by the single bolt on the outside of the cylinder head?

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Re: chain tensioner
Reply #4 - 08/06/14 at 08:51:41

ralfyguy wrote on 08/06/14 at 08:48:03:

verslagen1 wrote on 08/05/14 at 15:44:28:

I replaced mine around 50k miles cause I had one burning a hole in me pocket.

You can get a few more mm's behind it if you replace the rear guide.
It's a little tight, but can be done w/out removing the head cover.

Which is the rear guide? You mean the one held by the single bolt on the outside of the cylinder head?

yeah, the one on the rear side that attaches to the adjuster... aka tensioner.

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Steddy58 Full Member Offline Ooops I did it again Posts: 240 Liverpool UK Gender:	Re: chain tensioner Reply #5 - 08/14/14 at 06:35:50 Been riding on new tensioner and the annoying noise has gone (thanks verslagen1 nice piece of kit) - looking forward to the next strange noise to occur,do they go in order I wonder ? Backfire and popping, headlight rattle, cam chain clicking, exhaust knocking etc and so on
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Reply #6 - 08/14/14 at 06:46:54

Steddy58 wrote on 08/14/14 at 06:35:50:

Been riding on new tensioner and the annoying noise has gone (thanks verslagen1 nice piece of kit) - looking forward to the next strange noise to occur,do they go in order I wonder ?
Backfire and popping, headlight rattle, cam chain clicking, exhaust knocking etc and so on

Don't leave out the whiny belt and the squeaky brakes. Undecided

Dave

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Reply #8 - 08/14/14 at 12:52:28

Dave wrote on 08/14/14 at 06:46:54:

Steddy58 wrote on 08/14/14 at 06:35:50:

Been riding on new tensioner and the annoying noise has gone (thanks verslagen1 nice piece of kit) - looking forward to the next strange noise to occur,do they go in order I wonder ?
Backfire and popping, headlight rattle, cam chain clicking, exhaust knocking etc and so on

Don't leave out the whiny belt and the squeaky brakes. Undecided

Dave

Come on, that's general problems for many bikes Wink

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