[STICKY] How to rebuild a hydraulic tensioner for under $10

[mazdanut08]

whats the hell cams are you runnin Juan kl36????

Haha, Ive noticed this aswell. I just didnt say anything.

[fowljesse]

"How did you do that?
You should do a write up."

It was too easy for a write up. I didn't think about it. I'll try to remember, though. I just used a hydraulic ram with some washers, and such, to make sure I was pressing on the outside if the bearing race, and not putting pressure on the bearings themselves. I got some high quality sealed bearings at a very good local parts store (6006 seems to pop into my cloudy cranium), and pressed them in the same way. You could use a C-clamp to press them, if needed. I wish I knew about the tensioner mod then!
When I mention stretching, I'm assuming hundredths of an inch.

[Juans_93_MX3]

the original way possted on pt juan is u get a shorter bolt and tap the bottom and thread the bolt in through bottom and pushes the ORIGINAL hydralic arm up not a bolt through the hole dam thing... thats how mines done and been done for like 1.5 months

Thats another way to make a manual tensioner

I havent modified mine yet