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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 04:06 PM
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OK, So I drained the fluid and see that my chain is a little loose. I loosened the bolt and the adjusting shoe fell all the way down. How do you move it up and keep pressure against it while you tighten the bolt. It keeps wanting to fall back down and I can't get enough fingers in there to pull it up. Whats the trick??????
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 04:31 PM
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compress it and tie it with a zip tye. Then adjust up tighten then remove zip tie. wala
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 05:17 PM
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Thanks, that was the charm.
 
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Old Mar 21, 2012 | 06:33 PM
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Get yourself a H-D factory maintenance manual. The part telling you about adjusting the chain tensioner says to loosen the nut only one full turn. that keeps the whole thing from doing to you what it did to you.

The manual should be the first and most valuable thing in your tool kit.
Glad you got it fixed!
 
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Make sure to check for pressure point by turning it you don't want it too tight at any location.
 
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