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Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:07 pm
by kion
ye thats right. will the tensioner need replacing? if so how much are they. Also my oil level is a bit low would this ahve anythin to do with it?
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:11 pm
by RedexRobB
Is this the tensioner for the clutch cable? Cos you got cam chain tensioner and clutch cable tensioner all in the same thread, so when you just say tensioner its a bit confusing!
Oil level shouldnt have anything to do with it. On the clutch cable tensioner there is a locating hole where a pin should slot in and stop it rotating. Check to see if the pin is still there. Is the large bolt done up all the way, you said you were having problems with it.
You can see it here in the bottom left corner

Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:15 pm
by kion
i ment the cam chain tensioner, because it wont come out the full length without me pulling it, will check the pin is still there now.
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:21 pm
by RedexRobB
ok i think im on the same page now, so the cam tensioner wont stay in place? You pull the clutch and the the cam tensioner drops causing the clutch tensioner bracket to come loose also.
I dont know mate, like i say ive never doen them before, the bolt for the clutch tensioner wont do all the way up you say? Maybe you striped the thread?
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:32 pm
by kion
i think i will just take it to a garage,thx for ur help.
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 12:50 pm
by RedexRobB
Sorry cant help ya more, Just sounds like you have stripped the thread inside the tensioner that holds the large bolt and pulls out when you pull the clutch.
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:18 pm
by masterofinsanity
lost me........

Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 3:13 pm
by kion
fixed it now anyways.thx.
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:22 pm
by rover220
kion wrote:fixed it now anyways.thx.
well you could at least say what the prolem was, so when people with similar poblems in the future find this thread they will have an idea of what to do.
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:46 pm
by RedexRobB
Yeah, what was the problem?
Re: removing cam chain tensioner
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:35 pm
by kion
the problem was that the srew was too far out(the screw that ataches to the clutch cable, infact it is a bolt), it needed another twist, and this screw twists wierd you have to mess about to get it in correctly.