My cam chain tensioner seems to be at the end of its stroke and that would mean its time to change the cam chain right?
Also theres no need to change the tensioner is there if it still works?
Heres a few photos of the tensioner plunger
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Haha I made this mistake the first time I ever had the caps off, already done thatbanner001 wrote: Watch out when you put the cam cap covers back on, make sure the oil feed is located on the exhaust side, it's common for people to not locate it and when they tighten the bolts down it breaks...and it's an expensive mistake!
Just curious as to why I'd need to do re-do the valve clearances?banner001 wrote: Also, you will need to do your valve clearances after changing the cam chain.
yeah i think that was my morning-brain not working fine (first day back at work), even with a stretched chain the valve should be under the base-circle of the cam, and not touching the lobe so the clearance will be the same, i suppose if it was massively off there would be a possibility that your exhaust gap would get smaller as it would be advanced too far (there are 31 pins between timing mark to timing mark, as the chain stretches this distance becomes larger and advances the exhaust, i.e. if the 31 pins=200mm before then after its stretched its now 205mm).ManxMan wrote:I'm completely confused by this. Can someone explain to me how a worn camchain makes the valve gap clearance smaller. Surely if the timing marks are aligned when measureing the gap is the same regardless of camchain wear.
I underrstand it's a good idea to check gaps when the cover is off annyway to fit new chain but the logic that the gap is reduced by chainwaer is weird