Cam chain tensioner question. motorcycle?

(2012-02-06 15:20:10)

1. Mr Beefy Says: I've ballsed up i think.

I am inspecting thing cam chain tensioner as i believed it had stuck and was not keeping the chain torte.

I could not undo the middle bolt however the top and bottom ones came off no problems. As i undid i heard a click and it freed up the spring.

I took it all out and checked it. The spring works great and every thing looks fine.

I started to install it. I placed it on the hole to make sure i knew what i was doing before bolting it back in.

For some reason it would not sit it. I thought i'd stick my finger in the hole to feel what was blocking it. As i pushed slightly something moved back and i heard a small click. Is this bad? I noticed the cam tensioner went deeper in but not fully.

i managed to free the chain tensioner bolt to sit the piston back in the device. but i am worried that when i placed my finger in the hole and pushed back something moved. did i tense the chain? All i know is that when i put the tensioner back in the piston will be longer as the depth is around 3cm deaper.

Any help will be much appreciated as i dont want to start her unless i know i have not broken the chain or slider or stretched something. Looking at pictures it seams that all i have done is tensed the chain as the cam chain tensioner pushes the slider in to keep the system tight?

XJ600S
1999 plate
26K miles

2. ? Says: You need to turn it over by hand a couple of times and visually check the cam timing... If everything still lines up it should be OK to run. Bearing in mind you thought is was stuck/wrong in the first place the click may have been something freeing up.