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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28754 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #150 - 05/30/16 at 15:18:57 don't bother, went to flea bay and found a few.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #151 - 05/30/16 at 16:24:24 Versy, What about a 'condom' over the present plunger with a spring inside. The only problem I can see is to prevent rotation and possibly separation. Sort of like a double verslagen mod. Do you think it is worth working on?
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #152 - 05/30/16 at 16:37:34 Versy, Another thought. What about a hard rubber washer inside the 'condom' Would it have enough accommodation.? How much do we need?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17799 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #153 - 05/30/16 at 17:03:29 Am I the only one who has a mental problem with Winnie the Pooh working on a mechanical issue? (Maybe Normde92 needs to change his Avatar photo if he wants us to take him seriously.). Oh Bother!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #154 - 05/30/16 at 17:06:21 The pawl catches the tube. That effectively make s the tensioner a set length. The only way to allow the chain to be tightened and Not be damaged is to allow the tensioner to back away. The only easy way to accomplish that is to slot the mount and spring load it.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28754 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #155 - 05/30/16 at 17:54:55 Dave wrote on 05/30/16 at 17:03:29: Am I the only one who has a mental problem with Winnie the Pooh working on a mechanical issue? (Maybe Normde92 needs to change his Avatar photo if he wants us to take him seriously.). Oh Bother! I think he's got his head in the honey pot.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #156 - 05/30/16 at 18:33:10 I guess growing up in England A.A. Milne and all that stuff was such a part of my life that I don't see it from your point of view. Are you trying to say that Whinny wasn't very macho? I think he was a very fierce bear. He just played his cards close to his chest.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #157 - 05/30/16 at 18:43:36 Well while I was riding down the highway about 70mph,I was wondering if you guys were still kicking this football up and down the field. I looked down and found I'd put another 500 mi on my bike.THE GUINEA PIG LIVES!!!25500mi. still crankin'.(6500 without the pawl spring)
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Garry Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 61	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #158 - 05/30/16 at 19:16:19 So Batman - you have disabled the pawl by removing the little spring that controls it and the plunger spring now both tensions the chain and provides shock absorbsion for the chain?
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #159 - 05/30/16 at 19:32:30 quick scan of triumph forums and a google image search: one style Triumph cam chain tensioner - or this - and the 1st thing folks do is pull that POS out and replace it with something like this - or this -
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #160 - 05/30/16 at 19:49:03 I'm not trying to defend Triumph but my tensioner is not one of those pictured. All I can say is, mine has been trouble free for 16k miles, which I agree is not a great number of miles. Time will tell I suppose.
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Reply #161 - 05/31/16 at 02:10:53

Another idea. Not sure if there is room in there? An outrigger made of thin steel which pivots on the tensioner mounting pin at the back of the tensioner and which carries a compression spring between itself and the back end of the tensioner as per the rough attached drawing. The mounting hole in the tensioner is slotted. The length of the slot could be calibrated to allow an exact amount of travel and it might be easier to try different strength and size springs? Could perhaps be better to flip the outrigger over so it is on the outside of the tensioner as this would mean that the circlip on the mounting stud is not having to deal with a slot.

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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17799 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #162 - 05/31/16 at 03:25:33 norm92de wrote on 05/30/16 at 18:33:10: Are you trying to say that Whinny wasn't very macho? I think he was a very fierce bear. He just played his cards close to his chest. I don't remember him as being a good problem solver.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #163 - 05/31/16 at 08:17:18 I seem to remember some misadventure with a honey jar. If you get outwitted by a glass jar,,,,
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28754 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Cam chain tensioner revisited Reply #164 - 05/31/16 at 08:53:33 Not a bad idea, garry, but orientation would be an issue. The rounded end of the housing will allow it to turn.
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