Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
11-21-2007, 10:28 PM
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Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
Im in the middle of putting my motor back together, i heard about some paper clip trick idk....but how to I compress them then get them to stay compressed for the install?
11-21-2007, 10:40 PM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
I have not done it on a 4.6 but I have done plenty of OHC engines and they are all about the same. I usually put it in a vise make sure the little hole is lined up with the other hole compress the piston until the 2 holes line up and stick the paper clip or what ever will fit in the holes.Don't pull it out until your ready for it to pick up the slack. If there are no holes to stick a pin in ignore everything I just said and wait for better info
11-22-2007, 02:53 AM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
You need to release and holdthe ratchet bar clip thats in the larger hole about mid-wayon the front of it as you slowly compress it in a vice. Use a very small screwdriver to release it and when its fully collapsed then you stick a paper clip in the tiny hole nearer the bottom. As you start to open the vise you'll feel the clip go in and its locked. It may take a few tries but you'll get it andDon't remove it until all is assembled, good luck.
11-22-2007, 06:48 AM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
I didn't use a vice but turned it upside down and pushed the tensioner rod in after moving the teeth away with the small screw driver as mentioned and then let it out slowly with a small paper clip until it found the hole that holds the plunger in.
11-22-2007, 03:28 PM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
ORIGINAL: FDNYBullitt
You need to release and holdthe ratchet bar clip thats in the larger hole about mid-wayon the front of it as you slowly compress it in a vice. Use a very small screwdriver to release it and when its fully collapsed then you stick a paper clip in the tiny hole nearer the bottom. As you start to open the vise you'll feel the clip go in and its locked. It may take a few tries but you'll get it andDon't remove it until all is assembled, good luck.
You need to release and holdthe ratchet bar clip thats in the larger hole about mid-wayon the front of it as you slowly compress it in a vice. Use a very small screwdriver to release it and when its fully collapsed then you stick a paper clip in the tiny hole nearer the bottom. As you start to open the vise you'll feel the clip go in and its locked. It may take a few tries but you'll get it andDon't remove it until all is assembled, good luck.
11-22-2007, 11:12 PM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
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+1 thats how you compress the older style ones like you have. With my 04 I didnt have to do that I just forced them into place and slid in the bolts. When I worked on my buddys lightning that has the same tentioners as the OP I tried to install them the way I did my 04 and they wouldn't go.
ORIGINAL: FDNYBullitt
You need to release and holdthe ratchet bar clip thats in the larger hole about mid-wayon the front of it as you slowly compress it in a vice. Use a very small screwdriver to release it and when its fully collapsed then you stick a paper clip in the tiny hole nearer the bottom. As you start to open the vise you'll feel the clip go in and its locked. It may take a few tries but you'll get it andDon't remove it until all is assembled, good luck.
You need to release and holdthe ratchet bar clip thats in the larger hole about mid-wayon the front of it as you slowly compress it in a vice. Use a very small screwdriver to release it and when its fully collapsed then you stick a paper clip in the tiny hole nearer the bottom. As you start to open the vise you'll feel the clip go in and its locked. It may take a few tries but you'll get it andDon't remove it until all is assembled, good luck.
11-23-2007, 01:46 AM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
just forced them in
paper clip
they went in anyways
paperclip magic trip
you had the old ones, I forced them in anyways...
......................those are all quotes I do NOT want to hear when I ask for cam/timinmg help
paper clip
they went in anyways
paperclip magic trip
you had the old ones, I forced them in anyways...
......................those are all quotes I do NOT want to hear when I ask for cam/timinmg help
11-23-2007, 03:09 AM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
LOL you will hear them when it comes time to put your tentioners back on. You have a 99 so you will be using the paperclip. I have a ford tech manual that the dealerships use and is says "use a paperclip or something"
11-23-2007, 07:11 PM
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RE: Timing Chain tensioners..how to compress HELP ASAP!!
I pushed the "ratchet" to the side and then turned them upside down on the garage floor (using my body weight to hold them in) then put the pin in... don't fool with clamps ect.....
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