Subject: Re: (MGCL) Timimg chain must come off to remove tensioner?
Author: Bill Cohoon
Date: Dec 23, 2002, 10:26 AM
Post ID: 1711619015
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Thanks for the replies... I'm going to try the 'Bob Krueger' method
first.. as it does look like the Valtek can go on from the 'outside',
if I can get the old one out. If that doesn't work, I'll suck it up..
and do the full boat as detailed by Jason. Thanks again and Merry
Christmas...Bill
Bob Krueger wrote:
| Bill, I don't know how different the inside of the Eldo timing chest is vs Tonti frames. I put a Valtek tensioner in my 850T a few yrs back without removing the chain, or any pulleys. You need to bend the old tensioner to get it out. I had to grind down a socket to fit under a sprocket, or something, near the bottom. It's been a while. The new tensioner is really a tight fit. It is not easy, but it was doable. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Cohoon" <bcoh-@sprintmail.com> To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>; <MG-@topica.com> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 3:23 PM Subject: (MGCL) Timimg chain must come off to remove tensioner?
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Thanks for the replies... I'm going to try the 'Bob Krueger' method first..
as it does look like the Valtek can go on from the 'outside', if I can get
the old one out. If that doesn't work, I'll suck it up.. and do the full
boat as detailed by Jason. Thanks again and Merry Christmas...Bill<br>
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<pre wrap="">Bill,<br><br>I don't know how different the inside of the Eldo timing chest is vs Tonti<br>frames. I put a Valtek tensioner in my 850T a few yrs back without removing<br>the chain, or any pulleys. You need to bend the old tensioner to get it<br>out. I had to grind down a socket to fit under a sprocket, or something,<br>near the bottom. It's been a while. The new tensioner is really a tight<br>fit. It is not easy, but it was doable.<br><br>Bob<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Bill Cohoon" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bcoh-@sprintmail.com"><bcoh-@sprintmail.com></a><br>To: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Loopfram-@topica.com"><Loopfram-@topica.com></a>; <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:MG-@topica.com"><MG-@topica.com></a><br>Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2002 3:23 PM<br>Subject: (MGCL) Timimg chain must come off to remove tensioner?<br><br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I've got all the books I can get my hands on.. but, for some reason was<br>thinking I could replace the tensioner without removing the<br>chain/sprockets. That ain't so I guess after viewing the situation? I'm<br>new at this, so, to all you old-timers, please be kind. The good news is<br>that I did check the old tensioner and it is a gooey, disentigrating<br>mess. I've got the new tensioner ( a valtek), seal and gasket.. would<br>any of you with a kind heart, and the Christmas spirit, walk me through<br>it....as to where I go from here?.. the timing cover is off and I'm<br>looking at the gears... it's a '74 Eldo, by the way.. For you novices<br>out there, take it from me.. check out your tensioner.. you'd be amazed<br>what a mess I found... thanks, Bill<br><br>======)> Moto Guzzi Correspondence List WEB<(======<br>Find Moto Guzzi Classified ADs, Moto Guzzi Books, Links, & Guzzi<br></pre>
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