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Triumph TR6 - Timing Chain Tensioner

The Timing chain tensioner is held in place with a pin with a washer and a cotter pin on either end, When replacing the tensioner, how the hell do you get the cotter pins back in? Had to use a thinner washer and managed to get the bottom (the most difficult, I thought) pin in, but the bracket is too big, the pin is too short or I've opened the bracket in removal cause there is not enough five left on the top to insert the cotter pin especially with the retaining washer in place. Anyhow, has anyone had this problem and if so how do you fix it? If you compress the bracket, how do you do that w/o putting the oil seal at risk or compromising the tensioner mounting? Is there some secret or methodology not intuitive at work here? Thanks.
db
Doug Baker

there's a tensioner?/
Dang that was a long time ago ;)
DON KELLY

Doug
Do not recall a problem there at all. It could be that you have spread open the anchor plate. I would think you would see this if there was too much play with the tensioner in place. Long ago so not sure how you would put oil seal at risk by trying to reduce the opening of the anchor plate. Maybe the washers you have are thicker than the OE washers....as you can appreciate, there is very little movement here.
Both cases might add just enough to prevent both cotter pins from being installed.

Rick
Rick Crawford

Thanks Rick. I MAY have spread the anchor point. The washers I replaced are thinner than OE since the OE cannot possibly permit the cotter pin. I'll work on it. There is a good bit of play with the diameter of the tensioner spring so I have some room if I can get to the bracket to close it. this is starting to impart a lesson...there is a point of disassembly beyond which one should not venture!!
db
Doug Baker

This thread was discussed between 04/02/2010 and 05/02/2010

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