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Is your tensioner arm and tensioner supposed to look like this? lol cause mine did

 

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lol yeah, a new tensioner arm and tensioner should solve that

 

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the chains still look perfect. had new cam gears anyway and just getting a new tensioner arm and tensioner. the left side is fine.

 

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well i reused the stock cam bolts, put new cams in, new gears, new valve springs, new tensioner arm and tensioner, thats about it. nothing else looked worn nor close to it. just that tensioner.

 

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full setup being.. just the tensioner and arm, or chains, gears, etc.?

let me rephrase that
should i just replace the worn tensioner and arm, or should i get new:
chains, tensioner arms for both sides or just the one, new chain guides, new crankshaft gear?

 

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Why new cam bolts? I've never heard from anyone that you can only use them once. This is getting to be very expensive just for a ****ing cam install. I think I'll just replace the tensioner and arm and that's it. Chains sag but that is what a tensioner IS for.

 

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What happened to your smart ass comment:


I guess TTY bolts have something to do with the car not working for you as well?

yeah that must be it hey?

i ordered 2 new chains, a new guide for the right side, a new tensioner, and a new tensioner arm.

 

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im only replacing the right side because its worn down way too bad. the left side is fine, plus the left side tensioner is on top so there isnt as much pressure on it as there is on the right side where its on the bottom. if the left one was worn id replace it, but it isnt.

 

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i have everything on now already, the timing was easy to set, i just have to wait for the new parts to come in to switch them out. the reassembly is whats going to get me. and seeing if everything clears when i turn the crank lol

 

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Tensioners wear out because of stretched chains...
replace them both, on both sides... its the right thing to do.

and i HOPE you degreed your cams... even if you dont feel any resistance when turning the crank, i promise you will have issues if you do not.

no i did not degree it. i dont have the heads off and am not aware of a way to do it without having them off. i thought dial indicators and degree wheels and all that needed to be used with the heads off and the pistons showing. if theres a way to degree them with the heads on can someone please let me know