If this is not the correct forum, feel free to move it..

Rebuild the Timing Belt Tensioner - do it yourself for $20

New OEM tensioners are available for $60 to $80 each. And this is still a reasonable price considering that it is the complete assembly, so I am not necessarily recommending that anyone abandon the OEM solution when it is still available. However, this part is often in short supply and in many cases backordered, so at least those of you that are somewhat handy with tools may be happy to substitute something different that is equally as good, if not better in “fit and functionâ€Â

Here is the link http://www.ngwclub.com/gallery/d/129080 ... LD-JCS.pdf

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

Post away, I'd love to see this.

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Enjoy life,
Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

Yea keep posting i would love to see it

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76 GL1000 (Naked)
78 GL1000 (dead title , but got a 79 frame for it)
1994 BMW K1100LT (the green machine)
2010 BMW R1200RT (new LD bike)


Ban low performance bikes....NOT high performance riders!

just "volunteer" to organize a gathering....

anyway, have tried your link and get a blank, so there must be something missing

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-Rodger-
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
78 wing we have had since.... well.... 78, been in nearly every state, 76 Ltd "cookies bike" up and running, still needs some work, 79 project, back in pieces while I move, '86 1200 (Beth's) with motrvation sidecar, 05 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's). I guess you can say we have MBS
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http://www.sdb-e.com/TENSIONER/TENSIONE ... LD-JCS.pdf

**EDIT** link appears dead as of August 14, 2010. Available here
http://www.ngwclub.com/gallery/d/129080 ... LD-JCS.pdf .
roncar [/EDIT]**

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-Rodger-
The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
78 wing we have had since.... well.... 78, been in nearly every state, 76 Ltd "cookies bike" up and running, still needs some work, 79 project, back in pieces while I move, '86 1200 (Beth's) with motrvation sidecar, 05 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's). I guess you can say we have MBS
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=27685
viewtopic.php?f=30&t=35846

Hey Rodger, and thanks for posting it also.. got 5 posts.. and fixed my link.. . Jim

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

If you want to see all the studs go HERE

Lots of choices.. I haven't worked through all of them yet.. this is one of the things left to do.. but I've been sitting on this for 6 months, so wanted to get it out there for every one to look at..

Bright Green "likely to work"
Light Green "may work"
Yellow "don't know"

comments welcome.. posts or PM

SDB/Jim

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

If you want to see all of the bearings looked at and tried.. GO HERE

Red means "forget it"
Light Green means "can be made to work"
Bright Green means "easily made to work"

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

EXCELLENT information!! Moved to the How too forum.

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"I prefer the abstract concept of incoherence in the face of great feeling to beautiful, full sentences that convey little emotion." DDL
1978/9 Arthur Fulmer Dressed Road bike
1975 Naked Noisy and Nasty in town bike
and a whole garage full of possibilities!!

Wow!
A load of reseach went into that.

This is going to be very useful as time goes on and parts becme scarcer. Well done!

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It is saving me a ton of time and money. I started this last winter when Iwas sick and got burnt out and put two new ones on that bike.
This winter I plan to do two bikes so this is great. I had figured to spend half a day at a bearing shop and all the work there has been done.
Thanks!

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Cookie


A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad.
Owner of 4.4 76s and one lone 75 Wings (does a spare engine make .2?)

You got the time and $$$ part right.. ... but I don't regret it.. research is what I do (hobby and living.. go figure..)

Incidently, a revised version was uploaded (prior to this post) so if you downloaded the earlier version, you may want to replace it.. (be mindful of cache issues or you'll still have the old one.)

Incidently, I expect that it will be revised many times as I find the errors and add discussion and pictures, so it will be available for a loooong time.. and even if I dump it from my host, I'll upload a copy for this and the other interested sites

It was not quite ready to publish, but a number of members of the goldwingfacts and classicgoldwings forum were waiting for me to get it done.. so I decided to put it up there early.. ..

If you find any more errors let me know.. [the 10mm stud section was a bit messed up..]

SDB/Jim

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

hey, I briefly scanned through the original ver. you had up earlier and thought it was all good info to have.

thanks for all your costly & time consuming work on it!

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bulldogged 1978 GL1000 - "geekster" - daily rider
full dress 1979 GL1000 - SteamPunk Barge - daily rider
"found" a 1978 for $100
got another "new" 1978 from a member here
and my original '79 parts basket case.

A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out. ~ George Bernard Shaw

Hey thanks.. that is what I enjoy most..

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1983 GL1100I - Daily commuter
2000 GL1500SE - Weekend Tourer

On Page 14 in the Editor's Choice - Custom Hex Bolt Method, under Installation it says
"(3) Grind or machine stepped"
I think you left something out there.

I have downloaded this for future use. I think I will do mine the next time I replace the belts, just in case.

BTW: What's the current recommendation for timing belt replacement interval? My FSM just says to inspect and replace if you see wear and the Owner's manual doesn't mention them.

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Mr. Honda ('83 GL1000/Dnepr) summer
The Famous Eccles ('84 GX650EI/Velorex700) winter
Click: Colour schematics for all GL1000 & GL1100 and GL1200 standard models plus instructions on how to download the full size version
"A guy with two sidecars can't be all bad." - Cookie
Another guy with two sidecars..... Hmmmm... must be something to that....