hi. a noise has quickly appeared; deffo from camchain area arond the tensioner and evident at idle. i assumed it was the face of the slider etc. so i have started process and taken tensioner off (first time i have seen one off etc) and is it right? the adjuster turns happily in and out etc and therefore seems okay. when the lock bolt is replaced the adjuster has about 1/4" totally free play without any tension...? i have dismantled further to find a small rectangular rubber on outside of body which has a little right angled piece of sprung steel...? when inside another sprung steel piece is evident... as i have not seen a good tensioner can anyone illluminate.. manual just says "load the spring.. torque ie fit and then release said spring" erm any comments much appreciated as its dark here Rad
Not sure if its the same as newer 610 CCT, but if it is you need to remove spring before you take the CCT off the head. APEracing makes a nice manual one. I would ask around the threads for older model 610s. You can really F@&? Things up if its not done right.
ahem..erm oh fear. seen the ape on ebay..wikk ask etc.what F@&? are encountered? tks...methinks its the small 'sprung' steel bit/s a faukt, perhaps a breakage...
well i have managed to repair until i aquire a new one [on its way], i may even run it for a while to see if repair... The internal spring had snapped in two places 1 where spring tab located in a hole in the tensioner body 2 where the spring tabbed to the adjuster in the body etc. marvelllous just made new tabs accordingly from length of coil left!! does anyone have advice as to refitting said tensioner?
If its the same as the later one, you install on jug with tension arm all the way in (back) then put the spring in and cap with bolt.
does not sound right....jug? rension arm? spring in? a self-adjusting unit.. no 'arm' or spring to put in.. springs hidden in body etc
tks unger... i will browse etc asaw... i've sorted the fitting of the tensioner... was easy after all. :-)
