Thanks Dennis. Do you suspect the -010 tensioner bracket had the modifications that "improved" the tensioner from the original?
Do you now of a technical service bulletin addressing the repair of the failure. I think this may be valuable to those of us with less historical experience with the NH tensioner (42 years at Honda - wow that's more knowledge than i can imagine). I tried to find a TSB on the web but no luck. Well i found a NOS spring (14514-ME5-010) at a Honda shop in Ohio - it should be here in a few days - at that time i'll remove the tensioner and measure spring force between the two springs (maybe that will prove hopefull if there is a large difference). It doesn't sound too difficult when reading the OEM manual but a bet they leave a lot of the little tricks out. I guess just think everything well through before you do it. I think I'll take a picture of the cam sprocket allignment marks (with #1 at TDC compression) before the removal to ensure it is reset the same after intall (that part makes me a bit nervous!). The OEM manual was a bit unclear of what cam mark alligns with what part of the head surface. And I won't swap positions on any components. Thanks, Paul Aug 26, 2:51 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > Part sequence is .000 original, 010 first mod, 020 second mod. > > --- On Wed, 8/26/09, oldschoolgwin <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: oldschoolgwin <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] 83 cb650sc cam chain tensioner parts - difficulty > finding > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 3:18 PM > > Does anyone know where i can get the spring and tensioner bracket > from, most places show them on the part finder but they are not in > stocka and no longer made (at least by Honda). > > Spring: 14514-me5-010 > Bracket Tensioner: 14500-ME5-030 > > I found a NOS bracket tensioner on Ebay but it is a -010. So it went -. > 01, -020, and the last is -030. I don't know if the -010 part is the > original with the problems that required the upgrade to the next part > revision > > At minimum I need the tensioner spring or there isn't much reason to > take the bike apart. Yikes - no way to solve the chain rattle? > > Thanks for the help. > > Paul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
