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New (to me!) '77 CB400F - US model
Bryanj:
Yup it is, 22k if look after and adjusted regularly should be OK, ignored, abused and not adjusted often wrecked------who knows!
mattsz:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on March 08, 2019, 05:18:34 PM ---Yup it is, 22k if look after and adjusted regularly should be OK, ignored, abused and not adjusted often wrecked------who knows!
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We'll all know... hopefully sooner rather than later! But right now I've got six-foot snow drifts in my driveway and it was 5℉ (-15C) this morning when I left my house for work...
Bryanj:
Only answer to that is stay in and put more logs on the fire!!
mattsz:
--- Quote from: Bryanj on March 08, 2019, 06:07:51 PM ---Only answer to that is stay in and put more logs on the fire!!
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True! Alas, I can't work at my job from home...
mattsz:
--- Quote from: mattsz on March 08, 2019, 12:46:43 AM --- How much re-tightening torque are we talking about here?
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--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on March 08, 2019, 08:53:27 AM ---There is no torque, its automatic spring tension that enables the process of adjusting the chain. You only undo the lock nut and adjuster bolt to allow free movement of the chain tensioner adjuster bar to allow the springs to push the chain tensioner adjuster bar to be pushed down further on to the horse shoe, which in turn, pushes the tensioner slipper on to the chain to take up the slack. It's an automatic tensioner. But for the process to work and remove any cam chain rattle from a slack chain, the chain must still be within service limit, the horse shoe pivot not seized and the spring not weak. As Bryan says, worry not now, sort it out at a later date if needed.
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--- Quote from: mattsz on March 08, 2019, 05:09:05 PM ---We may be talking semantics here. Since there is a locking nut, I figured that the adjuster wasn't relying on torque alone to hold it in place, but the manual does say to re-tighten it, and to my mind that means some kind of torque - even if the intent is only to tighten it just until resistance is felt. The answer to "how tight should it be?" is a torque value, isn't it? The manual reveals nothing on this score...
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From Haynes - "Turn it again inwards, until slight resistance is felt, then re-tighten the locknut."
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