wee black caps

[chris vtr virgin]

When I changed my ccts to manual there was only one black cap on the ones that came .
So my question is should there have been two
And should I of fitted them to my new manual ones
The ones I fitted were not the usual two I canny mind the make
Cheers

[AMCQ46]

there should have been a cap on both you removed unless someone has already replaced one. When I did the stopper on Callums bike the front CCT was missing a cap, but it turned out it had fallen off and was still in the cylinder block.........too a fair bit of fiddling with a magnet to get it out

good news is that you dont need to fit then to manuals

[chris vtr virgin]

They were done over a year ago and it has ran OK since
Had a couple of oil changes and never found any bits in it
So I hope all is OK
How often should they be adjusted is just wind them out listen for a rattle and the a quarter of a turn in.
With engine hot or cold
Thanks for the advice
I'm just paranoid I can hear new noises

[tony.mon]

There won't be bits in the oil, because the metal cap that is designed to sit over the rubber plunger end on a standard CCT can't fall into the engine if it detaches form the plunger on pulling it out.
A lot of people don't realise that you need to swap the cap over when replacing std one for new std ones, and so you often find a bike with one or both missing.
But if left in the engine by mistake they can't fall in past the tensioner blade, or get any farther into the engine.
But you won't get the correct tension with a manual tensioner if the cap's blocking up the mechanism.

Re adjustment, you don't need to do this often, even on a bike used daily every two years or three years will be fine.
If you think that you can hear a rattle when the engine's hot (never mind a rattle at startup or when the engine's still not fully up to temp) then try on flat tighter (bolt screwing in, clockwise) on one and listen to hear if it goes quiet.
If so, leave it there, if no diffference, back it out again until you can hear the chain ticking, then back in until the ticking stops.

Or, if you prefer, take off cam covers and set to 5-7mm slack in the top run between the cam sprockets.

[chris vtr virgin]

Thanks for the advice tony will look into it this week