Cam chain tensioner

Deckard said:

Jim had some innovative product designs like crankcase breathers, head steady's and hydraulic clutch conversions that became market items by CNW & NYC. Wonder why the cam chain tensioner wasn't one of them?

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Fast Eddie said:

It is a ‘nice’ unit in that it appears well thought out and constructed, and does what it says it does.

Below is a pic of one in situ and disassembled.

Personally, with the availability of such excellent IWIS chains from The Chain Man, I reverted back to the standard manual adjuster.

I never had an issue with the auto adjuster, but I don’t have an issue with the manual one (with IWIS chain) either, and being a simplicity obsessed Luddite, the stock one won me over !

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acadian said:

When I asked him about this a few years back he said that the IWIS chains are excellent and make the tensioner somewhat redundant

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