Cam Chain Tensioner failure?
 

I am not trying to be lazy, because i did search the forum to see if anyone has had a cam chain tentioner fail on them, but has anyone had any problems? it cost me 1200 bucks on my KLR!! so i felt like it was a good question to ask.

Thanks :gatlin:

Speed, I personally have not had a failure, but I've heard of it happening, so during my 16K miles service I put on manual APE ccts you can find them for $45+shipping and you'll need 2:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/APE-S...em290219024346

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sorry lazn, the link didnt work for me :( so... im at 22,000 miles and about to go on a 3500 mile trip through the neches trail and then some from dallas. I'm guessing its probably smart to do the switch to the APE cct's before the trip?

here's the one I used bro:
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...light=ape+ccts

was just a search for cct

tons of threads on this subject. Together with the R/R the CCT are the only "bad" components on the bike.

alright thanks guys!

I wonder if we could just screw a bolt against the inside screw head, it would pinch the tensioner and pin it in place ?? I can't find the thread that were describing the exact component that fails, but I think it was the springs. At least it would take the slop out of the threads. Some people seem to do this for the noisy CCT's

Here's a thread about that same idea from a while ago i think theres a video
at the end about pulling springs and adding a bolt. when looking at video right click and save as..or it blows up when you try to stream it.(at least for me )
https://www.superhawkforum.com/forum...t=modified+cct

Im actually gonna try to find a used cct and make modifications to it. So if some one has an old used cct they wanna get rid of or dont trust anymore for cheap lemme know thanks.