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Offline dantheref

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Chain Tension
« on: 03, January, 2014 - 16:05:41 »
My C5 has a chain tensioned on but the tensioner slips off the chain with the slightest bump or increased in speed.
Are there any better replacements available? Would it be ok to fit a new chain with less links so it had more tension?

If so is there a way of taking the chain off?

Thanks

Dan

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Re: Chain Tension
« Reply #1 on: 03, January, 2014 - 17:48:36 »
Just ask Chas for one of his tensioner kits.  I've got 2 and they're as solid as a rock, never let me down yet.

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Re: Chain Tension
« Reply #2 on: 03, January, 2014 - 19:43:55 »
Try a new chain first, your old, perhaps original item, may have stretched over time.