Subject: Timong chain tensioner installation!!!!
Author: Alan Dunphy
Date: Jul 26, 2002, 12:19 PM
Post ID: 1710677439
Hello to the Group,
I am trying to install a new "Valtek" timing chain tensioner with
out removing the engine from the bike. I have the engine and frame blocked
up and the front cover off and the chain exposed.
1st ?......After removing the bolts for the old tensioner can I just leave
them out or must they be replaced and if so do I need to find shorter bolts?
2nd ?.....The chain appears to be in good shape, but I assume that it must
come off to get the old tensioner out. Is that correct or is there a trick
to getting the old one out?
3rd ?......I used the generator pully flange to hold the crank while
removing the nut that holds it on. I bolted an aluminum bar to the case and
one of the flange bolts and it held the crank solid. Can I do the same thing
to get the cam sprocket nut off?
4th ?.....Any special instructions for installing the new tensioner? This is
my first "Valtek" chain tensioner.
Thanks for any help I can get.
Alan
'74 Eldorado LAPD Wixomized
MGNOC 4352
Alan R. Dunphy
adun-@midmaine.com
Pittsfield, ME 04967-1426