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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
9th Jun, 2009 at 09:50:23pm
i have just put on a swiftune duplex kit and i was wondering if i need to put the old standard tensioner back on or not bother? |
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 147 Posts Member #: 814 Advanced Member Utrecht, The Netherlands |
9th Jun, 2009 at 09:56:18pm
Don't bother, you don't need the tensioner on the duplex chain setup. |
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Site Admin  15302 Posts Member #: 337 Fearless Tom Fenton, Avon Park 2007 & 2008 class D winner & TM legend. |
9th Jun, 2009 at 09:59:15pm
Personally I do fit the tensioner. Duplux or not the chain can still have slack in it without.
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
9th Jun, 2009 at 10:07:25pm
I've also used the tensioner on a duplex chain, they are just about wide enough to do it....
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 6966 Posts Member #: 507 Fastest A Series Mini in the World leeds/wakefield. |
9th Jun, 2009 at 10:08:34pm
i always use a tensioner, and quite frankly wouldn't dream of leaving it off, |
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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
9th Jun, 2009 at 10:12:43pm
right thats that then stick with! thanks guys. |
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 11046 Posts Member #: 965 Post Whore Preston On The Brook |
10th Jun, 2009 at 12:31:07am
Chains dont stretch, they wear On 26th Oct, 2004 TurboDave16v said:
Is it A-Series only? I think it should be... So when some joey comes on here about how his 16v turbo vauxhall is great compared to ours, he can be given the 'bird'... On 26th Oct, 2004 Tom Fenton said:
Yep I agree with TD........ |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
10th Jun, 2009 at 07:58:24am
On 10th Jun, 2009 Sprocket said:
Chains dont stretch, they wear picky 
As they wear they get longer - as if they had stretched :) Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
10th Jun, 2009 at 11:01:20am
also while we are on timing gear does the splash plate matter that goes over the cam? |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
10th Jun, 2009 at 11:13:05am
Do you mean the one spot welded to the inside of the timing chain cover ???
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
10th Jun, 2009 at 12:41:08pm
no not on the cover it self, its like a big washer that goes onto the crank or cam i cant remember. |
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 1497 Posts Member #: 100 Parisien Turbo Expert Paris\' suburb |
10th Jun, 2009 at 12:50:13pm
it's going on the crankshaft
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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
10th Jun, 2009 at 01:09:51pm
yer do i need this also? or can it be lost? |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
10th Jun, 2009 at 01:14:07pm
The big "washer" is an oil thrower, it's dished and only goes one way around.
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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492 Posts Member #: 3684 Senior Member wisborough green west sussex |
10th Jun, 2009 at 01:27:59pm
thats the one ok great thanks rod! |
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2497 Posts Member #: 1954 Post Whore Luton Bedfordshire |
10th Jun, 2009 at 04:38:30pm
I suspect running without a tensioner will cause exrta grag on the engine as the chain will have a little whip in it added to that the sympathetic vibrations that might be caused could increase ware rate, just a thought Own the day
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