Cam chain tensioner - which & where to buy?

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Fri Jul 18, 2003 6:56 pm

look I did it during the night, not from the garage. Anyway just put a VTR in the wheelie bin, bloody thing the dustmen can av it for all I care. I'll keep the tank and fairing cos they will fit on mine.

Del.

RQ · Post by RQ » Sat Jul 19, 2003 2:08 am

All I need are tensioners and Del is chucking out whole bloody VTR's !
Main dealer that was ordering my tensioners rang to say that parts are in (close on two months after initial 'phone call to them) only problem is they forgot to get the gaskets.

If anybody wants to know what dealers in Ireland to avoid, give me a shout !
If it's any good Del, I'll get on to the "back - street" guy and see what he uses as a guide to manual tensioning.
RQ.

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:55 am

yes please

Del.

SteveR76 · Post by **SteveR76** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 6:30 pm

Hi Al,

Mine was the VTR that Honda supplied the parts for, free of charge. The dealer told me to phone 'em cos they couldn't do anything to help, but when I finally got thru to Honda they were very sympathetic, and the bike was only in the garage for just over a week. Total cost to me was Â£280, on a job that should've been over Â£600.

Definitely worth phoning Honda and asking nicely for help!

Cheers, Steve :-)

RQ · Post by RQ » Sun Jul 20, 2003 1:12 am

Ah Steve, you heard me talking about you !!

I got onto Honda.co.uk two weeks ago and they directed me to Chiswick Honda (the flagship dealers aparently). Chiswick Honda claim to have no record of any tensioners failling before, and the parts department say they rarely order them !?!?! Is the whole world mad or is it just me !?!

RQ.

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 7:05 pm

Ordered some new ones today Â£79 a pair from Honda with gaskets! or if you can wait 3 weeks Â£25 each from David Silver Spares. Paid the extra 30 nuggets it might ave gone pop within 3 weeks!

Paranoid W@zzA.

RQ · Post by RQ » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:32 pm

Only Â£72.44 for a pair including gaskets from Chiswick Honda.

The contact I have been using there is will.lewis@chiswickhonda.com

RQ.

SteveR76 · Post by **SteveR76** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 2:57 pm

Can't believe Chiswick Honda haven't heard of VTR tensioners failing!! I mean, would Honda UK contribute to the cost of a repair job on a 4yr old bike if mine was the first one to go pop? Hmm, me thinks not... My local dealer has had 3 bikes go at less than 15000 miles, and the mechanic who fixed mine recommended I get the tensioners changed again after another 12k, just in case....

The debate rumbles on... :-)

Stormtrooper · Post by **Stormtrooper** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 7:43 pm

well my tensioner packed in on my first storm & it was repaired under warranty, after i sold the bike the other one went & the new owner(who bought from the local bike shop) had it repaired under their warranty.
so there is a theme in there somewhere.

they do pack in, but only on the older models apparently

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Mon Jul 28, 2003 11:05 am

Well i understand that I am in the danger zone. Mine is a -98 with 22000 km on the clock. There is a lot of details regarding changing them, but why do they wear out or need replacement only after 20 - 30000 km? Anyone who knows? I see that some claim it can happen if you use unoriginal oil filters?

Regarding changing them, here is a link to the German site / forum and an article on how to do it... http://www.vtr1000.net/technik/steuerkettenspanner.htm

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 12:54 am

Went to Tippet's in Tolworth, they admitt its common (there was one in the doorway having it done when I went in) but its only the front one that goes because of the angle they sit the rear gets oil the front dosn't

If you change them yourself, to get the timing right for changing the front tensioner: remove the rear spark plug turn the engine over by hand then as you feel the front piston compressing look for the FT mark in the timing inspection hole (visa versa for the rear). They are a doddle especially if you make the retracting tool as described in the manual Don't forget to prime the new tensioners with some engine oil before you put them on.

W@zzA.

stormy 1 · Post by **stormy 1** » Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:34 pm

So is it really that straight forward

.Its not that I cant do it,but if I screw up then bang

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PS where do you get all this info from? is it in the haynes book?.

W@zzA · Post by **W@zzA** » Thu Jul 31, 2003 2:25 am

From a helpfull Honda dealer who knows there's a problem and has done loads of them!

petrolhead · Post by **petrolhead** » Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:16 pm

Here is a a picture of the manual APE CCT.
Looks to be a simple piece of engineering?

Price USD 46,75 for the CCT and 2,94 for the gasket.

Here is a link to the page.
http://www.cbrzone.com/sprockets.html

stormy 1 · Post by **stormy 1** » Sat Aug 02, 2003 11:54 pm

If I can get the dimentions I can get the workshop boys at work to knock them up proberbly a lot cheaper

,and let others have them at cost too!

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Cam chain tensioner - which & where to buy?

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