24-08-13, 04:11 PM
(24-08-13, 01:34 PM)Spannerhands link Wrote: Never the less. Think I'll get a manual adjuster. My bike's done 53000 miles!
Mine's done 56,000 but I don't think I'll be getting one. If the standard tensioner 'fails' it is proceeded by the camchain gettig noisier before jumping sprockets, the same symptoms that signal it's time to adjust your manual tensioner incidently. So, simply listen for your chain getting noisier and then replace the tensioner with a new one, the standard tensioner doesn't fail suddenly -it can't because it doesn't retreat beyond the last ratchet point.
Manual tensioners only let you know they need adjusting when they become noisy -ie when they arn't working and need adjusting, neglect it just once and you suffer the same result of a standard tensioner doing exactly the same.