Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors?

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:13:20 GMT

dubbsy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:13:20 GMT

DaveH;235620 wrote:
Oh wait, it was a F4i that I did. Is your tensioner on the side of the engine or in the middle?

side - same place as the F4i.

But the frame is different so I don't have to go THROUGH the frame - it's right out in the open.

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:22:16 GMT

DaveH — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:22:16 GMT

dubbsy;235573 wrote:
I was quite happy to see that they are much easier to get to on the F3 than the F4/F4i instructions I saw online. Maybe if we get an early snow I'll do it this fall yet.

Oh wait, it was a F4i that I did. Is your tensioner on the side of the engine or in the middle?

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:23:41 GMT

dubbsy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:23:41 GMT

DaveH;235571 wrote:
I did one this spring. Pretty straightforward, the toughest part is getting the plastic off and getting a wrench in to get the bolts off of the tensioner.

I was quite happy to see that they are much easier to get to on the F3 than the F4/F4i instructions I saw online. Maybe if we get an early snow I'll do it this fall yet.

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:01:27 GMT

DaveH — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:01:27 GMT

I did one this spring. Pretty straightforward, the toughest part is getting the plastic off and getting a wrench in to get the bolts off of the tensioner. Make sure you get a new gasket for the new tensioner. Otherwise you just remove the old tensioner, and install the new one in it's place (with the adjuster backed out all the way. Then tighten the adjuster as it describes in the instructions. Start it up and make sure the cam chain rattle is gone and then you put the plastic back on.

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:43:16 GMT

dubbsy — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:43:16 GMT

well I've had the APE tensioner in my closet for a month now. Think I'm going to wait until spring to tear into it though - and do it right. Knowing me I'll end up with the motor sitting on the ground next to the bike before I'm done.

(I wonder if I can get a motor out of a 600RR into this chassis..)

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:35:35 GMT

xtreamedrtbker — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:35:35 GMT

Yeah I have installed them on a F3 before. I cant help you out though, cause I’m in phoenix tell January. Its not a hard install, but I don’t recommend it to someone who doesn’t work on motorcycles or has experience with them. The last thing you would want have happen is to put you cams out of time and not know it. With the tensioner removed the cam chain can skip a tooth or several so if you do it, be careful.

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:59 GMT

dubbsy — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:40:59 GMT

reshalghoul;228470 wrote:
Yes.

come do mine...

but no, pretty straightforward then?

Reply to Anyone installed a manual cam chain tensioner on these Honda 600cc motors? on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:48:25 GMT

[[global:guest]] — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:48:25 GMT

Yes.