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12-06-2006, 02:28am
Well there were five different ones I believe........ (unofficially of course) some with one dot ........some with three, some oil pressure assisted ? some that came with a modified chain guide also (that some naughty fellows didn't fit) Which one do you have ?
There have been failures, they can also some times be noisy until the tensioner takes up the next notch. The usual fix (read butcher) was apparently to loosen of the tensioner body allow the adjuster to click up one notch and retighten body ...........result = over tensioned cam chain causing excessive wear on chain guides, stretched chain or failure etc
Manual good or bad they cannot fail So as long as they are set correctly as Giddy allready said
I have had one fitted for about 6 years now and it's still working
Plus can give up to 2 Hp by reducing excessive friction
This is not to say that they will fail of have a problem any longer, but if you can eliminate the chance of a prob, then why not
It's a bit like the "case saver" on the early models for the crankcases that stops damage when the starter kicks back It may never happen, but a 2.5 k repair is even sadder if it could have been prevented
Has this helped or hindered
FF1 <i>Edited by: fasterfaster1 at: 12/6/06 2:42 am
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There have been failures, they can also some times be noisy until the tensioner takes up the next notch. The usual fix (read butcher) was apparently to loosen of the tensioner body allow the adjuster to click up one notch and retighten body ...........result = over tensioned cam chain causing excessive wear on chain guides, stretched chain or failure etc
Manual good or bad they cannot fail So as long as they are set correctly as Giddy allready said
I have had one fitted for about 6 years now and it's still working
Plus can give up to 2 Hp by reducing excessive friction
This is not to say that they will fail of have a problem any longer, but if you can eliminate the chance of a prob, then why not
It's a bit like the "case saver" on the early models for the crankcases that stops damage when the starter kicks back It may never happen, but a 2.5 k repair is even sadder if it could have been prevented
Has this helped or hindered
FF1 <i>Edited by: fasterfaster1 at: 12/6/06 2:42 am
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