TEDVR6 0 Posted January 24, 2011 Report Share Posted January 24, 2011 GETTING A RATTLE IN THE CHAINS ON COLD START, SEEMS TO BE LOUDEST RITE IN AROUND THE TENSIONER BOLT AT THE BACK OF THE HEAD. HEARD A FEW PEOPLE TALKING BOUT REPLACING IT AN RECTIFYING THEIR PROBLEMS, SO WOULD LIKE TO TRY ONE BEFORE I WOULD PUT CHAINS AND TENSIONERS IN. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF I GET A TENSIONER CAN I JUST SCREW THE OLD ONE OUT AND REPLACE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO DO ANY OTHER STRIPPING OR ADJUSTMENT TO THE TIMING CHAINS?? I NO IT HAS TO BE BLED AND STUFF, BUT JUST WANTED TO NO IF IT ACTUALLY AFFECTS THE TIMING BY JUST SCREWING IT OUT WITHOUT LOCKING THE CHAIN. THANKS Link to post Share on other sites
Antihero1981 8 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 just replace the bearing on the tensioner.........not hard to do Link to post Share on other sites
dman78 1 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 i did mine,just screwed it out,oiled up the new one and in it went Link to post Share on other sites
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