Primary chain tensioner question

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:07 pm

oh yeah...not cheap! I'm going to inspect mine this winter...here's the best pic I have right now...If you can blow it up a bit maybe you can see a really shiney link near the clutch.<john> Although I have to say my chain doesn't look exactly like the one for sale....

68Cb77 · Post by **68Cb77** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 5:10 pm

also, there's a bunch of links that look like that...and the shinny ones look like they have been filed, or rubbing against something.....but I slid the chain around and can't see what they would have been hitting.....

e3steve · Post by **e3steve** » Thu Nov 20, 2008 4:59 am

If Ed's selling used PCs, you can bet your last meal that they'll be in good order. Besides, they run in a sealed and constantly lubed environment; it's whipping that would wear it prematurely. The grit & sh1t from the road (on a final drive chain), along with poor adjustment and lack of maintenance, accelerates chain wear. I saw an aftermarket primary on an older CB, without a tensioner, that had been poorly made, was whipping, and a link had come adrift; it wrecked the casing, the filter and it practically burst out the front where it had bunched and eventually locked the crank sprocket.

I think D.I.D. made original-fitment chains for Honda? That OE from Thailand is a real p1ss-take price! I still think we should boycott the Asian sellers who are 'cashing in'!!

jadahonda · Post by **jadahonda** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 9:35 am

Be aware of some Thai/Asian sellers on ebay. They are very good to take unoriginal parts, make a "handwritten" part slip and sell it as origninal parts. Nothing wrong with DID, but I have never seen parts slips with handwritten numbers on. He has probably made a lot of copy's and write them himself. This seller has also listed parts for years ago for a price. When he is not getting it sold, he double the price and place a "best offer" see item number :140211373530. This was for sale 1,5 year ago for $75.
Jan

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:41 am

This looks like a roller chain and the OEM is a pin chain without rollers. .........lm

68Cb77 wrote:oh yeah...not cheap! I'm going to inspect mine this winter...here's the best pic I have right now...If you can blow it up a bit maybe you can see a really shiney link near the clutch.<john> Although I have to say my chain doesn't look exactly like the one for sale....

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