About 15 years ago I replaced the chain on my 1300. Then about 5 years ago, I found a small fragment of chain (half of one roller) when I changed the oil. So naturally I had to replace it again.
The problem is that the chain design is pretty marginal, and the aftermarket replacement chains are not especially well made. Maybe with luck you can find a NOS stock chain that will be reliable. But note that the chain is always rather noisy because of that tension spring. Maybe your chain is OK, and the spring is falling apart. Doug --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently rebuilt an 1147 CC Spitfire Mark II > engine for my Herald. It now has about 3,000 miles > on it. I seem to be getting noise from the new > timing chain. I expect that it is not a very good > one even though it was new when I installed it. I > am thinking about upgrading to a duplex chain but it > appears that the lower gear is different on the > early engines such as I have (FC 50XXX). Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html === This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register === http://www.vtr.org === Help keep Team.Net on the air === http://www.team.net/donate.html === unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try === http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool === Other lists available at === http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo === Archives at http://www.team.net/archive === http://www.team.net/the-local === Edit your replies!
