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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: MA USA
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Hi,
I had a oil fed tensioner fail. I noticed a chain noise only when the motor was warm and above 2100 rpm. My chain didn't make noise when cold or below 2100 rpm. Apparently the tensioner would collapse when the motor got warm and was run over 2100 rpm. Just another data point. Dean |
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12-29-2001, 08:14 PM
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Location: MA USA
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Hi,
I had a oil fed tensioner fail. I noticed a chain noise only when the motor was warm and above 2100 rpm. My chain didn't make noise when cold or below 2100 rpm. Apparently the tensioner would collapse when the motor got warm and was run over 2100 rpm. Just another data point. Dean |
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12-29-2001, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: May 2000
Location: Los Alamos, NM, USA
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Earlier this year while updating to oil fed tensioners on a 73T I noticed that one of the small ball cages on the end was cocked and didn't look properly installed. I pressed on it with my thumb and it popped out along with the ball and spring with frighteningly little force! I replaced it with a different, new tensioner at my own expense since I had bought the upgrade kit it was a part of more than a year earlier (not from Pelican Parts) and there were no refunds after a year. I believe there has been a quality problem with these units; perhaps a little too much cost cutting somewhere!
 Jim
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12-29-2001, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: mission viejo,calif,usa
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chain tentioners update
I put in a set in my newly done 2.7. Did the dry theory? The car fired up fine and now has 250miles on it. Should I pull and check? Dont want to waste a lot of hard earned money?...Thanks to all
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12-29-2001, 10:39 PM
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