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Re: [Fot] TR3/4 Timing Chain Tensioner

To: "Jerry Barr" <jerrybarr@charter.net>, <fot@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3/4 Timing Chain Tensioner
From: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>
Date: Tue, 1 Jan 2008 17:33:07 +0100
I buy the chain by my local dealer. I don't know where he does get them.
'Maybe Moss has them in USA?

 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Barr" <jerrybarr@charter.net>
To: "Marx Christian tr4-racing" <chris@tr4-racing.de>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] TR3/4 Timing Chain Tensioner


> Happy New Year Chris!
> Where do you buy the AE chain? I would like to use that chain in my  
> Street TR3. I am building a TR4 engine for it.
> Thanks
> Jerry Barr
> 
> On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:14 AM, Marx Christian tr4-racing wrote:
> 
>> Maybe you chain is too long?
>> I use AE chains. I found them to be the shortest on the market.
>>
>> Never had a broken tensioner.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Chris
>>    Amici, I took my engine apart this weekend and found another broken
>> timing
>>    chain tensioner.  This is the 3rd or 4th one that has broken (not  
>> all
>> with
>>    this same block).  Some have broken in a season or less, while  
>> this one
>> was
>>    used last season and then failed sometime this season.  These  
>> have been
>> from
>>    the 3 major parts suppliers, but I did not keep track of which  
>> one was
>> from
>>    who.
>>
>>
>>    Any suggestions on oned that seem to last longer than others, or  
>> what I
>> am
>>    doing wrong that is causing the failures?  They are not wearing  
>> thru, but
>>    rather are snapping off about an inch from the pivot.  Any better
>> designed
>>    tensioners out there for the tractor motors?  Joe(B)
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