manual cam chain tensioners?

anybody any advice / experience regarding these on a curvy?how do you go about getting the correct amount of tension?


h.

dont know but i think its just a locknut thingy. why not just swap for k3 tensioners, it would be a royal pain in the rse getting in to adust manual ones every time it needed doing...

I know how they work but its getting the tension at the correct level setting i'm wondering about.

i have not tried one on the SV, but i had one on 1st gen cbr600 for almost 7 yrs, worked great, i never had to adjust it, though if i had to it was quite easy to do.

as for the correct tension, i was told you make it loose, then keep tightening till the cam-chain "chatter" stops, then you go 1/4 turn more and lock it. not sure how exact this approach is, but as i said, 7 yrs/40K (km) without ever having to think about it... so i guess it is close enough

Originally Posted by husky03

anybody any advice / experience regarding these on a curvy?how do you go about getting the correct amount of tension?


h.

just checked and re shimed a couple of valves on my curvy which involves the cam chain tensioners. Are you asking about the original ccts? these dont need setting.

Originally Posted by nobby

just checked and re shimed a couple of valves on my curvy which involves the cam chain tensioners. Are you asking about the original ccts? these dont need setting.

No mate -Manual tensioners