bought one today, but the instructions are pretty vague. i need pictures!

i did a search, no luck. can anyone help me out with this?

 

I have one on my bike. You can see it on the right side of the engine after taking off the fairings. The tensioner is held in by 2 10mm head bolts. They are kind of a pain to get loose, but it's no big beal. When you pull the tensioner out, make sure to hold the gasket on it so you can tell which side needs to face the engine and which faces the new tensioner. It isn't as critical on a manual tensioner, but I made sure to do it right just in case. The manual tensioner will have a long bolt that goes into the block to push against the cam chain guide, and a O-ring seal and a locknut on it. When you install it make sure to back the bolt out to leave clearance for bolting in the tensioner without actually tensioning the chain. Next you need to roll the O-ring seal up the bolt out of the way, and then turn the tensioner in aginst the chain guide finger tight.... do not use a wrench yet. Once the tensioner bolt bottoms out against the chain guide you need to roll the seal back down and tighten the locknut against the housing of the tensioner. At this point you should be ok, so start the bike up and listen closely for odd sounds. The chain will slap and make a rattling sound if it is too loose, and a whining or humming sound if it is too tight. If it does either of these, just shut it down and adjust the tension. If it is running nice and quietly then let it run for a few minutes to check for any oil leakage... then you're good to go!

sorry my pics are too big... cant help with that. If you are wondering where it is located... it is on the back side of the engine block on the right of the bike.

 

How much and where did you buy?
RB

 

ebay is the place to get them..

 

got mine from cbrzone.com

 

local shop sells them for $45. installed super easy.

 

I did a tutorial for this with pics in the how-to section. If you get stuck you should check it out or PM me.

 

Bought mine directly from A.P.E. for I think $45.

Tylor

 

I would like to say thanks for the tutorial, fitted my cct and bike is spot on now.