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moonzoomer
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PostPosted: 19:45 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: VT500E Honda Reply with quote
My 84 VT500E has done another timing chain tensioner on the front cylinder (22k) which was a genuine honda replacement for the original item, does anyone know of any superior aftermarket tensioners or a sensible mod for the existing tensioner on this bike? The tensioner has an intermittent problem ( Hondaitis) in that it is fine some days but others the chain rattles.
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Clean the little ratchet, can stick if crudded up.
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PostPosted: 22:16 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
take the old tensioner and convert it into a manual tensioner, wish I'd discovered this before my firestorm engine lunched itself Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: 22:39 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Set it on fire, then claim on insurance...


andys675 wrote:
take the old tensioner and convert it into a manual tensioner, wish I'd discovered this before my firestorm engine lunched itself Crying or Very sad


Naah I kid, I'd go with the above. If you clean it, it's just gonna get dirty again.
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moonzoomer
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PostPosted: 23:11 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nemo wrote:
Set it on fire, then claim on insurance...


andys675 wrote:
take the old tensioner and convert it into a manual tensioner, wish I'd discovered this before my firestorm engine lunched itself Crying or Very sad


Naah I kid, I'd go with the above. If you clean it, it's just gonna get dirty again.
HMMM, just burn it then, you reckon?
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moonzoomer
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PostPosted: 23:13 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
andys675 wrote:
take the old tensioner and convert it into a manual tensioner, wish I'd discovered this before my firestorm engine lunched itself Crying or Very sad
Excellent , run the numbers by me
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PostPosted: 23:16 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Excellent , run the numbers by me


essentially you remove the bolt plus the spring and replace them with a long bolt and a locknut.
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moonzoomer
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PostPosted: 23:19 - 07 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
temeluchus wrote:
moonzoomer wrote:
Excellent , run the numbers by me


essentially you remove the bolt plus the spring and replace them with a long bolt and a locknut.
not the long bolt and locknut scenario, my God has nothing changed.
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andys675
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PostPosted: 09:53 - 08 Jul 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
nope, apart from you can pay £150 a pair for them (firestorm) and this is essentially a bolt and lock-nut affair
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