How to remove and refit CCT's on the Firestorm

Post by **sirch345** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 1:37 pm

Pleased too hear all now seems to be well Satanzhand

Chris.

PS. Good advice in your last post IMHO

satanzhand · Post by **satanzhand** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:46 pm

thanks,

The bikes running mint. I've been pulling wheel stands from the lights all week (even with my extra winter bulk, lol).

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:59 pm

Just wondering...

...is it absolutely necesary to retract the plunger on the CCT before you remove it?

Only reason I ask is because last time I did it I found it to be a bloody pain in the A**E !!

Fitting my APE's this week hopefully... & I can't wait to be rid of the Honda Achilles Heel !!!

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:42 pm

JohnD wrote:Just wondering...

...is it absolutely necesary to retract the plunger on the CCT before you remove it?

Only reason I ask is because last time I did it I found it to be a bloody pain in the A**E !!

No, it's not necessary to retract the original CCT's plungers before removing them

IMHO you're better off not retracting them fully before removal, especially if you're going to re-use them, as all you are doing is putting unnecessary strain on the spring

If you don't have a key to fit in the end so they can be locked before removing just put a small slotted screwdriver in the end and hold the worm/screw where it is. All you are doing is taking the load off the plunger from the spring, so that it's easier to remove the fixing bolts and the CCT itself

Chris.

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:47 pm

Cool. Thanks for the clarification

John

satanzhand · Post by **satanzhand** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:41 pm

If your not going to use them again don't worry about it.

Jim67 · Post by **Jim67** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:58 am

Might sound like a daft question but you mentioned re-fitting the metal caps on the plungers, do you have to fit them on the the ape tentioners too??

Cheers,
Jim.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:42 pm

No Jim,
the caps don't fit on the APE tensioners but don't worry the tip of the tensioner is metal anyway and slightly larger than the Honda one if my memory serves me correctly.

Pete.l

Jim67 · Post by **Jim67** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:10 pm

Cheers for that pete.

Jim.

Jim67 · Post by **Jim67** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:58 pm

sirch345 ...... many thanks mate for the info you posted, I followed it to the letter and didnt put a foot (or spanner) wrong!!!
Brilliant and informative !!!!!

Cheers,
Jim.

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:37 am

Well done Jim

glad too hear all went well

Chris.

Collywog19 · Post by **Collywog19** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:28 pm

b8stard inspection centre cap. So bloody soft. Thing is ive had it off before when i fitted a new front oem tensioner. I came to fit my manual ones today and rounded the b8stard thing off!

New one needed if anyone has one lol. Or i'll just order a new one from david silvers.

Col

firestarter1977 · Post by **firestarter1977** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:44 pm

just grind a slot in it col ,

thats all i did then welded a bit of 25x6 flat to a socket to remove in future lol

IgorVigor · Post by **IgorVigor** » Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:45 am

Thanks Chris

Followed the procedure when I fitted my manual tensioners...

Don't know whether it is just my bike but there seems a lot of safe adjustment between the cam chain rattling and the chain chirping :S
I think it was 2~3 full turns :S

I adjusted mine by backing them off until the cam chain rattled and turned them back in until it stopped and then 1/2 a turn further...
No rattles at all and the engine does seem to pull better now...

But most of all, I have peace of mind that the damn tensioners aren't going to fail at any minute

alan g · Post by **alan g** » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:00 pm

Thanks for the expert instructions Chris,
I followed them to the letter and had no problems at all, thanks.
Iâ€™m sure there were photoâ€™s with the instructions at one time.

Thanks again.

Alan

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