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*JOKER* · 04-18-2002, 08:49 AM

I appreciate the offer on the cam button Joey, but I've already got it. Thanks,though.

Nick, I may have received the wrong tensioner, but the design was like the OEM one: The bolts diameter and thread count allowed it to go in, the spring lined up with the hole in the block and the tensioner fit perfectly against the chain. The head of the bolt stuck out too far, however, when it was cinched down (and it was in all the way). This is evidenced by the divit and crack in the corresponding area on the timing cover.

It's good to know (now) that the bolt does not get replaced. I only wish that one of the TR web sites had it written somewhere, which is why I made this post. I find it hard to believe that nobody's ever run accross this issue and hopefully this post will prevent it in the future.

04-18-2002, 08:49 AM	#12 (permalink)
JOKER Surely you jest Join Date: May 2001 Location: Norfolk, VA Posts: 453	I appreciate the offer on the cam button Joey, but I've already got it. Thanks,though. Nick, I may have received the wrong tensioner, but the design was like the OEM one: The bolts diameter and thread count allowed it to go in, the spring lined up with the hole in the block and the tensioner fit perfectly against the chain. The head of the bolt stuck out too far, however, when it was cinched down (and it was in all the way). This is evidenced by the divit and crack in the corresponding area on the timing cover. It's good to know (now) that the bolt does not get replaced. I only wish that one of the TR web sites had it written somewhere, which is why I made this post. I find it hard to believe that nobody's ever run accross this issue and hopefully this post will prevent it in the future. __________________ I know who your daddy. I was there on November 12, 1966 near Clendenin, West Virginia.