https://cbrforum.com/forum/f4i-main-forum-11/cctl-thread-78155/


read through this thread entirely. should answer any questions you may have.

 

im about to do this for my f4i, its way past due.
question is, i read on the linked thread on the above post that it would best to buy the APE tensioner because the OEM will fail (like all the original ones) but do the newer OEM ones not fail like the other ones?

 

i've had no problems with mine so far. My main reason for going with the oem over the ape is just so i don't have to worry about adjusting it all the time. I'd rather stick it on and forget about it. And for $60 if it goes out after a year i wouldnt' care one bit. It was a cinch to change and i'd go with the oem again and again.

 

So... you'd rather pay $60 and replace the CCTL every year than adjust a MCCT once every six months???

I can't imagine adjusting an MCCT being that hard or having to constantly adjust it...

You must have more time and more money than I... LOL; I'd rather spend that hour+ riding than raplacing my CCT.

 

to each his own i guess. that's why we have options in life, not everyone has the same likes and dislikes. either way your bike will be fine.

 

Agreed... Regardless, I will be using your write-up when I install my MCCT that was delivered today!

 

How would I kno if I need a new CCTL?

 

You would know! There's a heavy rattling sound, a lot of guys relate it to a bee's nest.


If it aint broke! Don't fix it

 

sounds like a bunch of BBs rattling around in a can at around 4500 rpms, coming from the right side, behind the fairing

 

I did mine when I did a full workover in the 2009 and 2010 season. I had the tank and airbox off and could reach the CCT with my hand made for an easy job .. Good write up