Pulled my exhaust yesterday to put on Rinehart TD's, and pulled the cam cover to at least check the outer tensioner. Bike has 28k miles, and the outer looked almost brand new. I'm sure the inner has a little more wear, but figure it should be similar. Previous owner has always used Syn3, so maybe that has helped, or could just be this particular bike. Couldn't believe how clean everything was.

I'd really like to go with 26g setup to eliminate this worry, but low on funds from all the other stuff I'm adding, so at least for now I think I'm okay.

Thought I'd pass this on since I've always heard that 25k was the kiss of death for tensioners (you still need to check, though).

 

I know the feeling. I have 19K on my TC88 and have been thinking about those tensioners. Gonna have to start a 26g fund here too.

 

Here's a shot of mine at 20k miles


and another

 

Did mine at 35K, they were worn about half way through.

 

You never know. Here's mine at 52k on dino oil....



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Here's a buddy's at 20k miles....


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Mine at 30,000. Neither conservative driving nor synthetic oil made a bit of difference.

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I'm new to this and am wondering, the pictures everyone has posted, are the tensioner pads considered worn out orare these half worn out. How about a new set, how do they look compered to these worn ones.
One more rookiequestion what is the 26g setup that Taterdog refered to?

 

I had mine checked at 37k, and they looked brand new, I use syn too[sm=smiley16.gif]

 

I considered my 52k ones 3/4 worn out. IMO, they would have likely gone another 10k or so. However, I consider the one on the right in my buddy's 20k pic worn out.

26G....Andrews TW-26 cams in gear drive configuration. I have them in my bike and love them.