Tensioner stopper tool?

[crfbuddy]

Hey guys, i came into a situation when pulling off the camshaft where i would need to buy a tensioner stopper tool. (???). So i looked it up, and its about a 70 dollar tool. I have no clue what it does, but it seems to hold the cam chain in place. Is there another way of doing what this tool does without buying the part? The part number is 070MG-0010100.

[Blackwoodz]

Yes a small short handle flat blade screw driver(about 3"total length)and either strong grip or a small pair of vice grips to help hold the screw driver.

[crfbuddy]

Awesome, and now did all that part do was just keep the chain in place? If so, ill head out now and give the flatblade screw driver a try.

[CRFPOOR]

It keeps pressure on the chain so it won't jump timing and screw up your entire week. I use a small screwdriver that i cut off and made it fit. Keep turning untill the thing locks, but sometimes it will spin back out so a small set of visegrips will hold it in place.

Edited February 5, 2011 by CRFPOOR
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[ging]

i just pull the tensioner completley off dont know if its a verry good idea but it works and is easier

[onekidneywonder]

In the Manuel it shows the dimensions of the tool, and i used that to make my own. I used a feeler gauge and marked it out, and then with a grinder and a file shaped it. I havent tried using a screw driver before, but how do you lock the screw driver in place to keep the tensioner pulled in?

[Keith72]

In the Manuel it shows the dimensions of the tool, and i used that to make my own. I used a feeler gauge and marked it out, and then with a grinder and a file shaped it. I havent tried using a screw driver before, but how do you lock the screw driver in place to keep the tensioner pulled in?

I use a vicegrip.

[mx473]

[mx473]

i just pull the tensioner completley off dont know if its a verry good idea but it works and is easier

That's fine, but it will leak oil all over the place!

[Keith72]

Thats how its done.?

[cocheese]

i just pull the tensioner completley off dont know if its a verry good idea but it works and is easier

Just remember when you put it back on you're going to have to have something to reset the ACCT. Otherwise it's going to be fully extended when you put it back in and put too much tension on your chain.

I went to an electronics store and bought a $1 tiny screwdriver & broke the plastic handle off so that it would fit within the small confines on my bike.

[Charlie C]

In the shop manual, it shows the deminsions on how to make one. I used a piece of sheet metal and cut it out and grinded to fit perfect. Took about 20 minutes to make and I've been using it since 2007.

[onekidneywonder]

In the shop manual, it shows the deminsions on how to make one. I used a piece of sheet metal and cut it out and grinded to fit perfect. Took about 20 minutes to make and I've been using it since 2007.

I used a feeler gauge to make mine, and yea it takes like 20 min to make and i feel like its much easier than a screw driver and vise-grips. You can take the cylinder off the bike and dont have to mess with the tensioner, the tool stays in all by its self.

[mx473]

In the shop manual, it shows the deminsions on how to make one. I used a piece of sheet metal and cut it out and grinded to fit perfect. Took about 20 minutes to make and I've been using it since 2007.

Yep. Charlie is right (as always!?).

A sheet of metal (around 0.02" thick) + dremel, and .... voila

[Leardriver]

Wow, you guys must buy toilet seats and $100 hammers for NASA!

Just unbolt it and remove it, clean up the one drop of spilled oil, and bolt it back in when you're done. It doesn't require any resetting or special tools.

[mx473]

Just unbolt it and remove it, clean up the one drop of spilled oil, and bolt it back in when you're done.

It just comes to personal choice. I tried your method once (before making the tool), and it was much more than 1 drop of oil. I am a "neat freak", so spilling oil in my garage is not an option.?

Wow, you guys must buy toilet seats and $100 hammers for NASA!

No need to be a rocket scientist to make this tool. Like Charlie said, once made it will last forever...

[cocheese]

Wow, you guys must buy toilet seats and $100 hammers for NASA!

Just unbolt it and remove it, clean up the one drop of spilled oil, and bolt it back in when you're done. It doesn't require any resetting or special tools.

If you do not reset it then it will be locked and fully extended as you put it back in, putting too much tension on your chain and defeating the auto tensioner's purpose. ?

[smithx2]

Yep. Charlie is right (as always!). A sheet of metal (around 0.02" thick) + dremel, and .... voila

This is a cool tool! Makes job easier and neat, i like this very much! So this way doesn't even have to remove the cam chain tensioner lifter cover bolt.

But i can't figure out how you use it? Where and how does it insert to the valve lifters or shim? Any picture of it when doing that process?

Thanks!