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The thread involves Ballade at the beginning, but I have put page 4 of the thread here as it shows the diagram of the tensioner and also the mod to hopefully cure the issue.Īs to 'if' this totally cures the noise, like any forum its the writers words and trust, but being I was looking at a replacement tensioner, the use of a 3mm drill and a slight body tweak might give a cure and cost nothing to do. This sort of ties in with the Ballade version, as this has larger oil ports to allow better oil flow, which is what holds the tension pin against the chain arm rather than the screw pin. In my research, I found this thread on S2K regarding a mod to the oil supply of the chain tensioner, which is potentially the cure. The issue with this, is that by doing this may stop the screw from adjusting the chain movement, as the chain will always be changing tensions when running. Various youtube videos show that by etching and matt finishing the internal screw makes the tensioner 'grip' the internal thread on the pin that pushes against the tensioner arm holding the chain. Now there seems to be questioning on how and what to do. The other alternative is to mod the original. Billman is cheaper but needs shipping and downtime and the other 2 are £300 ish to buy in the first place. The Billman means potential shipping your unit to the states and awaiting a refurbed and modded version.
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The Toca ones seem to work in a similar way. Youll access this peice through the maintenance hole. Now you will need to remove the cotter pin from the new tensioner piston. It should pop in pretty easy, being that its already compressed. They seem to have a slightly different spring system in the tensioner. Now that its out, make sure youve got all the peices. The Ballade seems to have a good amount of feedback and has a lifetime warranty. My engine is 46k miles old, so its not lasted well.Īlternative versions is the Ballade or Billman or Toca versions. Issues being is that it seems that the design is the possible problem, so fitting the same again may be a short term fix before another maybe needed. I have looked at the replacement of said tensioner from Honda with new. Now I have been researching this ( some will know, a damn lot TBH) on what is the cure and what options there is for this. I have a very slight tinkle noise when hot, so suspect that I have a replacement or tweak to do to resolve this. Now, there is a small issue with the Honda S2000 engines and that is the timing chain tensioner.