New here what is all this about the Cam chain Tensioner

Orange Robbie · Post by **Orange Robbie** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 5:20 pm

Bugger and all that, yep should read storm, my spellings O.K, within reason, just that my fingers are dusklecxic.

wingysataday · Post by **wingysataday** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:54 am

What does it take to replace one of these things? Do you have to take the motor out or what? A step by step would be nice. The parts cheap but putting it in sounds difficult!

Rollingalong · Post by **Rollingalong** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:12 pm

What would be the conventional thought that because the tensioners are hydraulicaly operated and depend on oil pressure .... just set the stage

That some of these failures are in hi-mile motors with lower oil pressure than newer ones and a thicker oil as the engine ages might be warranted ?

Another thought is the oil in some failures was simply too thin to maintain enough pressure to tension even in good tight engines .Might have thinned from too long of use and or just original choice was too thin .

Just a thought on the subject but these are not the only engines to fail like this . Older Kawasaki's and Suzuki inline fours would loose tension when chopping the throttle at high rpm .

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:28 pm

Well people I think none of you really know what you are talking about as the last posts about the cct's are well mildly speaking, shite, not correct, err wot bike are you lot talking about, somebody help me.

Maybe i flipped onto a tractor site or somit.

Del (have to keep you lot inline when you get mixed up, he he)

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:53 pm

http://www.abercon.co.uk/vtr1000/galler ... mpared.jpg

these ar ethe ccts rolling!!no hydraulics..just spring tension.ill forgive you since youve just joined..

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:00 am

Tony,

just looked at your pictures, doh.

the rubber cover on the new one is also on the old one (exactly the same), the metal cap will pull off and then you would fit this to the new cct when changing them.

Del.

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:15 am

they wernt my pics mate!!

i just used the link as a "for instance"..

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:57 pm

see i just assumed, ya know.

wots a cct anyway.

Del.

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:08 pm

its one of them bastid things that break and ruin engines!!until you sort em out!!

Rollingalong · Post by **Rollingalong** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 12:52 pm

tony.wilde1 wrote:
these ar ethe ccts rolling!!no hydraulics..just spring tension.ill forgive you since youve just joined..

Yeah me bad for assuming they were like some other tensioners I've seen .

Looks like there's an easy painless fix for the problem though .

mercury · Post by **mercury** » Sun Oct 17, 2004 5:36 pm

whats that get aVFR not the new one thow cos there in that

VTR1000.ORG

New here what is all this about the Cam chain Tensioner

rolling along

yay

cct

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