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Manual primary chain adjusters/ stage 3-4 upgrades

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  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    In my case it was a very loud growling whir, I cannot stress the loud bit enough, I would of run it as a drag bike but not as a road bike, my chain was good, crank was good, have not tried it on my current bike.
  • Hoodeng
    Hoodeng
    4 years ago
    Was the source of the noise identified in the unit? was it a chain over material issue ? alignment? design fault? fouling somewhere? was there any material residue identified in the oil?

    Cheers.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Quoting Hoodeng on 31 May 2019 01:10 AM

    Was the source of the noise identified in the unit? was it a chain over material issue ? alignment? design fault? fouling somewhere? was there any material residue identified in the oil?

    Cheers.

    Jeez Hoody I don't know for sure but it didn't make that racket with the original tensioner even though it was bent on the bottom and it didn't make a noise with the newer stock one I replaced it with, I put it down to chain on material and harmonics, oil was fine, the bike, 06 Dyna, did another 50k afterwards with no primary issues before I sold it.
    The other bloke that used the SE unit put it in an 08 CVO Dyna, same deal, LAF. He modded his stock one like in the photo, think he was happy with that.
  • carbon fibre
    carbon fibre
    4 years ago
    I have 2 new SE manual adjusters in my shed, been there since they were released. Same reasons as Hilly.
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    This post was a lesson in posting while under the influence......
  • Ken in Cairns
    Ken in Cairns
    4 years ago
    Can you please explain the tensioner mod in more detail GM.
    I think I see what you have done in the pics, but not 100%.
    Sounds like a good mod to do.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    4 years ago
    Finally took my primary cover off today to check out if the automatic tensioner has ratcheted up too tight.
    Not really sure if it is or not?. There is nothing in the workshop manual that says how tight the standard automatic tensioners should make the chain.
    So a couple of questions for those more experienced with this stuff.
    I measured the movement midway between the sprockets and there was 8mm of movement before the tensioner shoe started moving downwards. By the time the shoe had bottomed out there was 16mm of movement in the chain.
    Does this sound about right?. If the tensioner is working fine I'm happy to leave it.
    Have never taken the primary cover off myself, although it has been off before. The fixing allen head fasteners were super tight and had obviously been locktited in. Was wondering if this is standard practice on the balanced motors?.
    Thank you in advance.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    4 years ago
    Bump/shunt.
    Nice day here tomorrow.
  • Baloffski
    Baloffski
    4 years ago
    Quoting Far Canal on 18 Sep 2019 09:47 AM

    Bump/shunt.
    Nice day here tomorrow.

    yeah mate, same same but rain on Sat, and it all turns to shite, evidently. 
    Hey that's tensioners aye.. lol
  • Grease Monkey
    Grease Monkey
    4 years ago
    Bit late but the tensioner sounds right, I don't lock the primary bolts but I do torque them on my own bike, on others bikes they get a dab of blue.
  • Far Canal
    Far Canal
    4 years ago
    Thanks GM.
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