Brother I searched high and low for this video I appreciate your point-to-point description and the time you took to leave details that are crucial to installing a manual chain tensioner for the Crossplane! ❤

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us (and the cautions) invaluable!

Thank you ! This by far was the best instructional video on the CCT thus far

Thank you Noximus

Thank you for you time ,video n tip. Good luck with everything n business.

46 thousand views..... Thanks bro I needed this video for guidance.

thank you so much for the video.

whats up man, im doing this on a honda 919 but im sure its pretty much the same, my question is how do you know if its too tight? its the only thing im not super confident on. ive heard people say a whirling noise would indicate over tight but i dont what that really means. thanks!

once you put the manual tensioner on. does it leak from the oil gallery that supplied the hydraulic tensioner? or is the ape gasket good enough?

hey bro, i was working on my 05 r1, i got a new timing cover, i pulled it and the tensioner pin came with it, i dont think it moved, but i was able to quickly put the pin back into place, lost tension for about 20 seconds, it honestly didnt look like anything changed, the tensioner guide just dropped a little .any recommendations?

thanks for the video. install looks simple but a little nervous about not having enough tension on the chain while swapping CCT. so do you have to remove the cover again anytime you do adjustments? or just back out the locking nut, tighten tension down, and tighten down locking nut again? how tight is too tight when adjusting

I kno this is for a Yamaha but I did mine on my 04 gsxr 750. I did like everyone said keep tension for timing!! The bike runs and idles fine so timing isn't off. BUT... when i rev the bike it whines. I'm thinking it's the new tensioner because the head is different from the stock one. Any ideas?

Hi i had a little drop and after that it makes a ticking sound on the cct place.... do i have to change the chain, is it better to take it to a shop?

Just to clarify, if I hand tighten it as much as I can, I then back it out 1/2 turn? Thanks

You said 1/4 turn further “in” from initial tension?

i'm watching a few videos on this topic and most of them dont go as deep as you do. They just take off the first top cover and line up the T with the sensor. Have you seen any problems with doing it like that?. I appreciate you method is more thorough.

What blocks off the oil passage/galley?? I'm going to be using the APE manual CCT.

I hope you can help me🙏, I want to change the original tensioner for the original one, when I remove the old tensioner and put the new tensioner on (maintaining tension with the screwdriver), how do I unlock it to tighten the chain?

Hey hey everyone, I have a 2009 R1 with 11,000 mi on it that I have not ridden much in the last 5 years because of the click clock on start and down on power. I knew there was something wrong with it but I couldn't get my head out of my ass to read online and figure out that the cam chain tensioner needed to be replaced. But all is well. Hopefully the bike wasn't ridden much and hopefully the motor not hurt which I don't think it is because as it's running it sounds fine except for the click clack on start. But my question is the video is pretty clear that when you're setting initial tension you screw the tensioner bolt all the way in till it stops and then you go a quarter turn more. But everyone in the comments seems to think you go a quarter turn back. So which one is it? The video is pretty clear that you go an extra quarter. Turn tight after you get it. Finger tight

How do you block the oil port coming to the Cam tensioner

What happens if you don't turn it to TDC before u install?

Also I am in need of a cam chain tentioner for my 2017 r6....can u shoot me the link to your website please.

Dont know how to align the camshaft. There are multiple dots. Please help

Just found answer to my early question buddy, very informative video, however still have last question, after align the k mark and change the CCT, do i need to spin the crank sproket again to a certain degree? Or leave it as it and put everything back? 🙏

hi i have a 2012 r1 the engine noise is the same as sheared videos they changed the tensioner and the sound go so i buy ape manual tensioner i did what they did but the same noise still coming out any help plz i’m from iraq and we don’t have a good engineer

Thanks for the video, very helpful. I do have a question though. When using the tighten and 1/4 turn back out method, I notice upon completion and tightening lock nut, that there is still a slight slack still in the guide. I used the screwdriver to hold tension, brought the adjuster screw in until there was no back off of slack, but doing the 1/4 turn back off introduces a slight slack in the chain. It's not much at all, but slight slack none the less. If I did a slight tighten method like you first mentioned, I'm sure there would be no slack at all. So my question is, is any slack whatsoever bad? Or is barely tight with no slack better? Is there a difference? 06 r6 using PSR cct. Also, was reading through the comments... When I set to tdc, I noticed that it got easier to turn the crank just before tdc, like it wasn't building pressure as it reached tdc.. is that a problem?

So if I installed my manual CCT without putting motor to TDC... am i fucked? What should I do now (haven't cranked bike yet)

Hey man is tdc 100% needed or would I be good to just keep tension on the chain? Thanks

I you finger tighten the bolt and after that adjusting by noise with the motor running why would you ever adjust the bolt out? I don't see the danger here?

Can this same method be applied to a 2003 R1 chain tensioner?

How long did it take to replace? My local shop wants to charge me 3 hours labour for what looks like a 30 mins job.

Im in the middle of this process on my 05 and im worried there is too many people doing it different ways

I know this video is 6 years old but could you help me getting my back timed correctly I believe that I am following the instructions in the manual correctly but maybe I’m missing something

Does this apply to the 2017 r6?

Your finger bro!

Where can I buy it? Thanx!

Just remove the old one and replace with the manual cct. Turn in until you feel tension and unscrew 1/4 turn. Don't need to get it at TDC or anything.

Yamaha makes a updated oem cam chain tensioner now. I ordered it and am wondering if anyone knows if it gets installed the same way the manual one gets installed? By setting the bike top dead center....and this one isnt a manual so does the cct itself still need to be adjusted or does it self adjust once installed and bike is started up.

Well I’m fucked...

So, apart from a lot of bullshit waffle, (that's a load of useless talk for our American friends), what's the point of a manual tensioner on a street bike over an OEM one? My 1998 R1 has done over 80,000 kms with the original tensioner and no problems.