cam chain tensioners

Ive just been quoted £185 to replace my cam chain tensioners is that about the going rate

[5hort5]

How f'in much !!!!!!

Glad I did my front one myself, putting it simply, which one is causing you the issue? Most likely just the front. Now you can get this out if you have the hands of a girl without removing the carbs, I couldn't so didn't sooooooo

Remove tank
remove airbox
remove carbs
Remove CCT as per the manual
test lube and check the CCT, if knackered bribe me with a couple of beers for a spare

Fit CCT using hand made tool (or borrow my hand made tool)
Fit carbs
Fit Air box Fit tank

simple, ish

It's worth a go if you haven't got the money and for a novice a spare weekend.

If you have the hands of a girl then you maybe able to get it out without the carbs etc which saves loads of messing around.

As for the 185 quid, we I have more important bills to pay with that tbh and the way I would look at that is it's only 20 quid shy of a brand new fitted set or PR2's mmmmm grippy

One things for sure though if your CCT is causing probs you'll want to fix it before it goes bang (as in the engine) and then you really be in a brown watery creek with no paddle.

Hi 5hort5 again mate i knew you would not let me down LOL iam 95% sure its the front one , im going to have a go this week sometime as im off on half term with the kids , the guy at the garage said its very hard to do it yourself only cos the CCT may slip inside and then its a full engine strip down this what got me thinking MMM! should i do it myself anyway feck that im going to have a go anyway whers the best place to buy a new CCT or i may have to bride you with a few beers has im only down the road from you in lowton cheers buddy

I reluctantly took both my CCTs out the other week. I say reluctanly because it seemed a daunting task beforehand, however, I'd be prepared to do it again now. There's nothing complicated about the job, it's just a bit fiddly.

Make sure you have some quality allen keys as the bolts will be buggers to shift. Also access is pretty tight to the front one, you can't just look straight down onto the bolts.

I'd definately recommend doing it yourself, a little perseverience will save you the £185!!

*Oh, I didn't bother removing the carbs, can't really see that would have helped much.*

[yorkie_chris]

I always remove carbs for that, you can get a 1/4 drive ratchet in over the thermostat then. Helps IMO.

Biggest thing to make it easy is locking tool.

just sent you a email 5hort5 m8

[5hort5]

Yep - got it m8, apologies been really busy Well if you need one then that's not a problem, both the spares I have seems to work fine on the bench and tbh yours probably will do when it's been out and back in again. The bloke from the garage is correct in that it may slip before fully fitted but that just means taking it back out again, twisting it back and putting it back in the hole again so tbh it should be to bad. If you are not doing anything Saturday bring it round mine and we can have a bash at it if you like? (only done it once before though lol)

Hi 5hort5 ive got bike in bits at the mo i mean tank and back wheel off but i could always call and pick it up from you if thats ok just let me know what you want for it cheers pal