Jerry Woods Mod 1.65mm Travel Too Tight?

[NS14US]

I did the Jerry Woods mod to my left chain tensioner. It was hard for me to measure the space exactly with the tensioner arm moving slightly when pulling the tensioner. I measured a few times and targeted for the midpoint but ended up with 1.65mm travel left after the spacer was installed.

I have seen instructions online saying to leave 2-2.5mm. I have also seen people say 1/8”. This is tighter than both of those.

I can pull it and recut the spacer but I wanted to get the group’s input before I do. Is 1.65mm travel okay?

Below is a video. I don’t upload to YouTube often. I think I got this right but not certain.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ln9eO7p9Kqo?si=Qt9TMjB4zdtRnNNB

[proporsche]

It will get hard once there is an oil press.I would not worry about this play at all\\assuming you just installed the new tensioner ..?

Ivan

[NS14US]

Originally Posted by proporsche

It will get hard once there is an oil press.I would not worry about this play at all\\assuming you just installed the new tensioner ..?

Ivan

Both of my tensioners feel fine so I’m just doing the Jerry Woods mod to both, replacing the guides and putting it back together.

I was more worried that there wasn’t enough travel as the posts I have read say to leave 2-2.5mm or 1/8” (3.18mm) travel, while I have 1.65mm after the mod.

I’m assuming once oil is in there it’s not going to compress far enough to hit the stop but maybe it does travel more than 1.65” during use.

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-engine-rebuilding-forum/994266-jerry-woods-carrera-tensioner-chain-gaurds-what-proper-tension-chains.html