05-08-13, 10:38 PM
Got my valve clearances checked today.
Asked the mechanic about manual Yamaha spring tensioners and maybe switching to a manual one. He said he'd replaced a few tensioners but never had a bike come in with bent valves due to a tensioner fail. He used to be the mechanic at the main dealer and has set up by himself.
He too said he only puts manual tensioners on race bikes.
I'm not personally convinced for the need for a manual tensioner, and wonder if you maybe cure one problem that has only happened to a handful of folks if that (how many folks do we have that have bent the valves?), only to set up another.
Asked the mechanic about manual Yamaha spring tensioners and maybe switching to a manual one. He said he'd replaced a few tensioners but never had a bike come in with bent valves due to a tensioner fail. He used to be the mechanic at the main dealer and has set up by himself.
He too said he only puts manual tensioners on race bikes.
I'm not personally convinced for the need for a manual tensioner, and wonder if you maybe cure one problem that has only happened to a handful of folks if that (how many folks do we have that have bent the valves?), only to set up another.