• Required reading for all forum users!!!

    Welcome!
    Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.

    A note to new registrants...
    All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.

    A Special Note about Email accounts!
    DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.

    A note to old forum members...
    I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.

    Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.

    Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...

  • Returning Visitors

    If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.

    If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.

help with cam chain tensioner reinstall

  • Thread starter Thread starter spawningvat
  • Start date Start date
S

spawningvat

Guest
So I took off the cam chain tensioner on my running79 gs550e, cleaned it and went to put it back on. Before it was in, I rotated the kickstarter out of the way, moving the engine. Now the tensioner won't go back in. And yes the tensioner is set up ready to go back in, its a problem with the chain/gears.

So, i'm wondering if I jumped the chain off the gears? Do i have the check timing? How do i get the tensioner back in?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

/s/ Sean
 
But the bike in gear and move the rear tire the opposite direction you moved it with the kick starter. This will but the slack back in the cam chain so you can but the tensioner back in.
 
I wonder if you "backed the engine" up a bit, putting the tension on the back of the cam chain instead of the front. I doubt you did anything messing with the kick-starter.

Take off your ignition cover, put a (14mm, I believe) socket on your hex head nut that turns your crankshaft, and turn the engine clock-wise a bit. That will put the tension of your cam chain back to the front of the engine, allowing your tensioner to take up the slack in the rear.

Its quick and easy.....hopefully that will solve your problem.
 
Last edited:
mark said:
Take off your ignition cover, put a (14mm, I believe) socket on your hex head nut that turns your crankshaft, and turn the engine clock-wise a bit. That will put the tension of your cam chain back to the front of the engine, allowing your tensioner to take up the slack in the rear.
Click to expand...
Even better...use a 19 mm wrench. It's the one that fits the crank. :oops:


.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top