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JF YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	can chain tensor bull's-eye 03/02/17 at 01:32:28 Good days to all, and thank you for accepting me as a member of SuzukiSavage. My question, maybe it is stupid, but it is not possible to open a "bull's-eye" similar to the oil control to always have the tensor and chain monitored? greetings to all! JF
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #1 - 03/02/17 at 05:38:58 Might be possible, but the window would have to be put in the clutch cover in the oil filter recess. Someone who has an engine apart (or the pieces readily available) could verify. You would have to pull the oil filter cover and filter to look at it. Better than having to pull the entire clutch cover.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #2 - 03/02/17 at 07:21:22 That's a fine idea, and should be done at the same time as reworking the design to include a kickstarter .
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #3 - 03/02/17 at 07:22:31 I made one of these, but you need to make a measurement when the cover is open. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1448856365 The hole you'd need is thru the backside of the filter cavity. Then you'd need a plug, couldn't sit very tall or be very deep.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #4 - 03/02/17 at 08:24:50 And would have to withstand full oil pressure,55psi +/-
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Reply #5 - 03/02/17 at 10:36:28

He is talking about a window, like the oil site glass.

IF the positioning was so you could see the tensioner, then all you would need to do is cut a hole in the oil filter cavity and JB weld a piece of glass or plastic (like the oil site glass) in place.

Versy says there isn't much room so mount it on the inside or outside?.. where ever it would fit best I guess.

Even if it did weep a little bit.. so what? It's leaking into the oil filter cavity.

No, I don't intend to modify mine.. I leave that for the experts Tongue

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JF YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #6 - 03/02/17 at 10:39:25 Something like this ... it's just a sketch. With a medium resistant glass or similar heat resistent material.
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JF YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #7 - 03/02/17 at 10:42:40 This proposal has a greater field of vision. Just figure out where to cut ... well it's just an idea.
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #8 - 03/02/17 at 10:50:03 JF wrote on 03/02/17 at 10:42:40: This proposal has a greater field of vision. Just figure out where to cut ... well it's just an idea. It would have to be further to the back to avoid the oil passages in the cover. Here is a picture from Savage Greg's CD.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #9 - 03/02/17 at 11:49:34 The top center hole isn't possible and the forward hole is useless.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #10 - 03/02/17 at 12:46:42 maybe you could do something clever with fibre optic cable and watch it from the riders seat.
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zipidachimp Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1417 surrey, b.c. Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #11 - 03/02/17 at 12:54:25 might as well petition suzuki to redesign it! same chance!
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #12 - 03/02/17 at 14:24:50 An oil site class if it leaked would flow from the filter area back to the sump, decreasing oil pressure to the motor and not be easy to detect.It would be much better to purchase one of verslagen's tensioners an have no worry .
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JF YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11	Re: can chain tensor bull's-eye Reply #13 - 03/02/17 at 14:35:15 Well, it was just an idea ... interesting on paper, but difficult in practice. Little space, and not very well located ... I will continue to thinking! You may end up introducing a camera through the oil fill hole.
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Reply #14 - 03/02/17 at 15:51:17

batman wrote on 03/02/17 at 14:24:50:

An oil site class if it leaked would flow from the filter area back to the sump, decreasing oil pressure to the motor and not be easy to detect. .

I see your point.
IF I were to do this crazy mod, I would definitely mount the glass inside the filter cavity, so the oil pressure would push it against the cover instead of trying to push it away.

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