Cam Chain Tensioner
#1
Posted 01 March 2021 - 07:46 pm
Thanks
#2
Posted 01 March 2021 - 08:56 pm
If you're not in a desperate hurry for it, try here
www.megazip.net
Got one for my 900 from them at about half the UK price - took 6 weeks to arrive though.
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#3
Posted 02 March 2021 - 08:55 am
GNMoto sell them but they're not cheap at 165 euros +p&p. https://www.gn-moto....-trxxtz750.html
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#4
Posted 02 March 2021 - 09:37 am
https://www.ebay.co....tm/264953341676
#5
Posted 02 March 2021 - 09:53 am
£30 vs £500 for a new engine. They may well be fine but for such a critical item i would personally use a trusted source and not a random ebayer with no come back if the part fails.
Your call.
#6
Posted 02 March 2021 - 11:16 am
There is nothing wrong with the 850 design (unlike 9er).
Manual tensioner.. . Don't see why not. Would want it in my mittens to make sure well made but not much to go wrong, bolt, lock nut, plate. There is an art to setting them though.
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#7
Posted 02 March 2021 - 03:58 pm
#8
Posted 02 March 2021 - 04:12 pm
What miles does yer boike have?
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#9
Posted 02 March 2021 - 04:19 pm
#10
Posted 02 March 2021 - 06:51 pm
One the VTR is the spring fails Bang that's it. That why most owners change to manual ones with a chain defection of 7mm or by ear if your brave or skilled enough.
Nothing to go wrong with manuals as long as the locknuts are secure.
There will be people with alot more experience than me. But if the OEM tensioner is almost fully extended the chain would need changing and the tensioner reset.
My take on things
#11
Posted 02 March 2021 - 07:16 pm
Further investigation required DJ.
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#12
Posted 02 March 2021 - 07:50 pm
#13
Posted 02 March 2021 - 08:17 pm
It maybe just a case of normal noise, observed whilst the bike is stationary and no helmet.
Noise good, no noise bad.
Check the valve and replace shims as required. Follow the guide here, I did and survived!!!
Others with more experience will no doubt advise.
#14
Posted 02 March 2021 - 09:03 pm
Crack the cct mounting bolts off a turn and retighten, if it's getting ready to click another notch that will make it happen, don't go too far though or it'll over tension the chain.
I agree 35k miles is nowhere near enough to wear out a camchain or tensioner and the Mk2a has a good design.
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#15
Posted 03 March 2021 - 09:21 am
Imho, the camchain noise is more rattly than it is clicky when the tensioner is about ready to pop out a further notch. Does the clicky noise change when the engine warms up ?
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#16
Posted 03 March 2021 - 09:43 pm
#17
Posted 04 March 2021 - 06:59 am
The noise is more noticeable when Im riding the bike rather than on tickover, and more so when Im accelerating
To my experience, clcking noise from cam chain due to a hesitating tensioner is heard from tickover and disappearing at higher revs. I drove one season or so with this until it settled and sound hasn't reappeared since (years ago)
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