Posted by Pete F on 26/10/2009, 8:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Cam Chain Tensioner Mod"
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Simply (but carefully) cut 1 cm (10mm) off the ZZR tensioner spring and you will overcome the tension problem.
I do believe the new replacement gear is a harder, stronger material and will last longer than the original.
Alternativly use the ZZR tensioner WITHOUT a spring at all, and just use an allen key to push throuhg the centre, against the guide when you have fitted it. Remember it is a spring ratchet and can only move in one direction.
Pete F
Up North
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: Is changing the nylon idler gear for a new one
: a job I could do as a complete mechanical
: idiot or should I leave it to a mechanic?
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: Thing is, how much do you shorten it by?
: Reading this page on the US site
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: http://www.kz1300.com/techarticles/z1300-cam-chain-tensioner.html
: they say that the idler gear now supplied
: by Kawasaki is made of an improved nylon
: & that one of their guys has run his 13
: for more than 50,000 miles with one of these
: new idler gears & a ZZR1100 CCT with no
: appreciable wear.
: Their advice is to fit a manual tensioner if
: you've still got the original gear & fit
: the ZZR CCT if you've replaced the gear with
: a new one, as the new gears can take the
: extra pressure exerted by the ZZR CCT, which
: is probably the route I'll take.
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: Phil
: Daan saaf, innit
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: Would it be possible to cut down the length
: of
: the spring in a new ZZR CCT to reduce the
: pressure it exerts?
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: This is what the camchain idler gear should
: look like,
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: --Previous Message--
: ...and can someone please explain the
: mentality behind Kawasaki charging roughly
: the same price for a genuine cam cover
: gasket & the (much more complicated to
: produce) head gasket?! lol
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: Phil
: Daan saaf, innit
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: Bollox, here's a link to the pic anyway lol:
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: http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm172/phil955i/2009_10260003.jpg
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: Phil
: Daan saaf, innit
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: This is the state of my tensioner wheel
: after
: aprox. 20,000 miles with a ZZR1100
: tensioner, think I'll be going to a manual
: tensioner next.
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: --Previous Message--
: Don't use a new Z1300 one as it's the same
: poor design. It fails because of it's
: design and not due to wear and tear.
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: I have read the ZZR1100 spring is too strong
: but I have this fitted. I have not checked
: the idler wheel since so it may well be
: dissappearing rapidly. It's been in for a
: few years now though.
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: The only other alternative I am aware of is
: a mechanical tensioner (AKA A.P.E.
: Tensioner). This is effictivly a manually
: adjusted tensioner where you tighten a bolt
: down on to the tensioner and then set it
: with a lock nut. The advantagbe with this
: is that it is highly unlinkely to fail but
: the dissadvantage is that you have to
: re-tension it religiously at regular
: intervals.
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: regards
: David F
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