TC88 cam chain tensioner check

[banquo]

That'll be the optional cam plate, finished in Black Denim, with bronze highlights.... for use with the Scheming Beagle Pyrex transparent cam cover, with which you can watch your oily bits churning around, and inspect the tensioners from the comfort of your armchair.....

[SJC69]

Forgot to post this last week, that mirror is just superb, as if it was made for the job.
I paid either £5.99 or £6.99 for it from Boots I can't remember which, it is great.
No chance of the mirror dropping off by the looks of it either!

My tensioners had very little wear so the push rods and spare tensioners have gone back in the box for a while! Good call Banquo

[banquo]

Glad it worked out from someone else, which is what this is all about!

[devon.john]

NO problem?

after all this talk about tensioner wear i had to put my mind at rest.

Ive done just on 40,000 miles abit worrying??

I ordered the parts ie tensioners gaskets etc

striping the engine i found very little wear there was less than 1/2 of one

mil of a thickness of 4ml

i hope this puts afew of youat ease

May be i am lucky i dont do short trips change oil at 3,000 mls

this may help ?????


john

[banquo]

Yes. The big question is, "why do some wear prematurely,and some don't?"
Is it to do with the assembly at the factory, variations in lubrication, variations in chain roughness, or variations in the way the motors are run and looked after? Don't suppose we'll ever get an answer to that though.
Glad yours were OK too John!

[wgrider]

Wow what a fantastic tech tip.
Can use give some indications as to what to make someone want to do the cam tensioner pads.
I'm new here by the way , from Ontario Canada , I have a 2002 dyna wideglide with 7500 miles and I'm getting an intermittent ticking from the right side , seems to be when I'm in 2nd gear and above , seems worse if I'm in 4th or 5th with low rpm's. I was thinking it may be rocker noise or cam chain , I was trying to lean away from cam chain out of fear of taking it apart. Your step by step sure took the fear away.
So two questions as already stated for one
1. what kinda indication is given by the motor?
2. Do I only need the cam cover gasket or is there other gaskets or seals I would need?
thanks in advance
Lynn