Anyone got a used 99-2004 secondary chain tensioner?
#21
01-02-2024, 11:31 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Right around the time you perfect the tool and then fork over enough cash to do a big enough production run to be able to make it cheaper you'll be getting the cease and desist order letter from one the manufacturers you reverse engineered. Not trying to **** on your party but it can happen
#22
01-02-2024, 03:38 PM
Im not sure about that price point but anything less than the current $130 and up I think should do well. Even if I sell them for say $75 I would venture to bet there will be some demand for them. There was one on Ebay the other day for $99 and you would have thought it was priceless given the response from buyers.
I may just buy one of the tools I see to be able to use it for accurate measurements instead of a used tensioner.
I may just buy one of the tools I see to be able to use it for accurate measurements instead of a used tensioner.
#27
01-11-2024, 11:53 PM
HDF Community Team
If I understood correctly your plan is to produce this tool in numbers and sell them for profit.
If you believe in that business case from a revenue point of view the investment of buying a new OEM tensioner should not really stop you from proceeding I think.
Personally I doubt there is a profit to be made from this, the number of non upgraded TC88 is getting smaller by the day and most people do either the hydraulic upgrade or gear drive. I don't think there is enough demand to cover the cost of production, but I would happily be proven wrong.
If you believe in that business case from a revenue point of view the investment of buying a new OEM tensioner should not really stop you from proceeding I think.
Personally I doubt there is a profit to be made from this, the number of non upgraded TC88 is getting smaller by the day and most people do either the hydraulic upgrade or gear drive. I don't think there is enough demand to cover the cost of production, but I would happily be proven wrong.
#28
01-12-2024, 08:00 AM
If I understood correctly your plan is to produce this tool in numbers and sell them for profit.
If you believe in that business case from a revenue point of view the investment of buying a new OEM tensioner should not really stop you from proceeding I think.
Personally I doubt there is a profit to be made from this, the number of non upgraded TC88 is getting smaller by the day and most people do either the hydraulic upgrade or gear drive. I don't think there is enough demand to cover the cost of production, but I would happily be proven wrong.
If you believe in that business case from a revenue point of view the investment of buying a new OEM tensioner should not really stop you from proceeding I think.
Personally I doubt there is a profit to be made from this, the number of non upgraded TC88 is getting smaller by the day and most people do either the hydraulic upgrade or gear drive. I don't think there is enough demand to cover the cost of production, but I would happily be proven wrong.
#29
01-12-2024, 08:09 AM
Seasoned HDF Member
Originally Posted by SWSIDLO
I think as I do more research that you may be correct in there not being so much a demand as I envisioned there might be.....
It's been two months since you enquired about obtaining a used one. The fact that no one has a used one is pretty telling as well but if you are serious why wouldn't you just buy one to experiment on?
If you continue, please keep us updated.
Good luck, Jim
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