How to change Lnf tensioner ?????!!?!?!?!
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I really doubt it pops on its own. That means you'd have to start the car with a slack chain. No thanks. Just man up and take the valve cover off and do it properly. You've wasted more time on here worrying about it than it takes to remove the cover. Like I said, whatever your issue is, it's probably not the tensioner anyways.
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So you ended up pulling the cover on yours to set or scewed it in present?
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Think I could just swap the dang tensioner then?
Pre set and screw it in without the chain coming off any of the gears?
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Oh I see .... So everytime you pulled the tensioner it was always still compressed?
Think I could just swap the dang tensioner then?
Pre set and screw it in without the chain coming off any of the gears?
Think I could just swap the dang tensioner then?
Pre set and screw it in without the chain coming off any of the gears?
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I can direct swap a new style in?
I'm swapping a new one in as my chain rattles in higher rpm.
I'm swapping a new one in as my chain rattles in higher rpm.
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Why were new revision tensioners created .... Because the olds ones were allowing slop creating chain rattle .... The tensioner in there is likely an old one. I'd rather try changing the tensioner first before fiddling around with other things .... A tensioner is an easy, cheap process of elimination item.
If I can buy a new tensioner and install it without pulling covers than it's a win ....
The reason I created this thread was to figure out how to straight swap the tensioner. Which I'm still vague on ....
All the help so far is much appreciated.
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So I got information from Powell on how to do the direct swap .... Will post back about success and the process i ended up using.
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I got the directions from John Powell himself who's installed hundreds of the new style tensioner.
I'll post up his directions and and my results when I've done the install ....
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This tensioner literally doesn't set ....
ive been playing around with it and when you hang it plunger side down, the plunger will extend .... And when you put it on the crown flat on my desk, the plunger will slide all the way back in.
Basically it's heavily reliant on oil pressure.
ive been playing around with it and when you hang it plunger side down, the plunger will extend .... And when you put it on the crown flat on my desk, the plunger will slide all the way back in.
Basically it's heavily reliant on oil pressure.
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If I push it in completely and turn it clockwise, absolutely nothing happens ....