aliveagain
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posted July 18, 2006 05:27 PM
Well,if I was to be honest,I don't think I'm that talented either. 
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Megabyte
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posted July 19, 2006 11:44 AM
Cam Tensioner
I'm no expert on the subject, but 3 mechanics I know who have been in the business for decades say it's SOP to install a manual tensioner on High Performance engines. They all claim that the automatic ones have been know to back out, "Specially when you're putting lots of juice to em."
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ninja12
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posted July 19, 2006 04:44 PM
Don't think i've not heard of one to fail on a zx12.
Many more problem from mis-use on manual than stock failures.
If it were a suzuki no doubt .
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osti33
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posted July 19, 2006 05:20 PM
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Don't think i've not heard of one to fail on a zx12.
Many more problem from mis-use on manual than stock failures.
If it were a suzuki no doubt .
Yep. I agree.
Suzuki had some problems but I haven't heard of any on the 12.
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entropy
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posted July 20, 2006 04:35 AM
You can cause the OEM tensioner to fail by forgetting to put the foot at it's min setting before installing...
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Megabyte
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posted July 20, 2006 11:36 AM
Years ago, ZX12 Cam Tensioner failures were reported on this board.
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entropy
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posted July 20, 2006 12:01 PM
the only ones i know about is Harry's and mine, and mine was my fault.
I had the steel rod which holds the clicker fail (just like Harry), but I am SURE it happened when the tensioner was incorrectly installed.
as that fumble-fingered, half-assed, shade-tree mechanic said above:
"You can cause the OEM tensioner to fail by forgetting to put the foot at it's min setting before installing..."
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