short mechanic help asap! PLACING TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER ><

[maku_gx]

heya!

I'm trying to put the timing chain tensioner on the sr20detand its pissing me off.the o ring broke off, so im replacing it with RTVfirst, its making a mess

second, once i place it on the "rail"i push but it wont go in, sooo hard!!!!i think im putting it right, like, the lil trigger upcuz thats how it came out, but

putting it back in..is there any trick to it?its way too hard to push back in ><i mean, its either, YOU BRAKE ITor im missing the TRICK on it.

well, thats all. thanks!

(out of 17 ppl no one felt like replying anything, or knows?)

Modified by maku_gx at 12:30 PM 3/22/2008

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[maku_gx]

NVMI figured it out.

Modified by maku_gx at 12:30 PM 3/22/2008
Modified by maku_gx at 2:04 PM 3/22/2008

[srpowered240sx]

how did you figure it out? i was about to post a thread asking a quick how to by anyone that has done it. is it an easy in and out thing? i just want to pull mine to clean it and check it, but dont know if im gonna open a bag of snakes when i do.

[codyace]

2 10mm nuts

Be careful when takign them out, as it will snap out (due to pressure in the tensionor)

Put new one in, along with new gasket. Remember to squeeze it together, and make sure you swing tht little hook thing to keep it compressed. Spin the motor by hand backwards once, and the tensioner will snap into place.

[srpowered240sx]

nice. just once backwards from the crank pulley. will i hear the tensioner snap open and creat tension? or do i just assume it clicked into place?

[Hijacker]

You don't have to rotate the motor very far to make the tensioner release. I usually only have to roll it over a few degrees.

I would be warry of using silicon in place of the o-ring. a new one is fairly inexpensive and can be bought for a sentra.

[codyace]

You don't have to rotate the motor very far to make the tensioner release. I usually only have to roll it over a few degrees.

I would be warry of using silicon in place of the o-ring. a new one is fairly inexpensive and can be bought for a sentra.

Hehe truth....in my head I was thinking a single pull of a big ratchet, not an entire crank revolution hehe.

[andromeda]

i just had my motor rebuilt and the guy that did it for me didnt happen to read that part in the shop manual, where you crank it back a few degrees til it pops off the hook. he just popped the clip with a screwdriver after he put it in. now theres some noise in the head. any way could that be why?