Feedback on Hayden Primary Chain Tensioner.

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Jul 24, 2012 | 09:20 AM

jimski

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Feedback on Hayden Primary Chain Tensioner.

Sorry, Guys, I should have done a search first. There's already a thread on it:

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...hayden-m6.html

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Feb 21, 2021 | 09:33 AM

freakfxr

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@John CC I have a Hot bikes of Southern Oregon tensioner here that I had in a bike but pulled before I sold it. I'd say it has 300 miles on it. If you want it, $100 shipped. I've done primary chain tensioners in quite a few bikes over the years. In the past I always used the S/E tensioner that doesn't need to be adjusted as I started these mods prior to Moco coming out with the auto tensioners on all bikes. I found with the auto tensioner it works great (never had an inner primary bearing issue as many here state as a concern) however the shoe tends to wear a bit more quickly due to the pressure on it. Never touched a Hayden after reading about issues on here and people having to keep opening their primary and add more shims. I want a set it and forget it option, not something that needs to be messed with constantly. I want to remove the primary cover once or twice, not weekly.

Whatever you choose, good luck but I gotta say, all this device does is hold the primary chain tight enough so taht it doe not rattle. Often times with this kind of stuff, simpler is better.

Feb 21, 2021 | 01:31 PM

John CC

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Interesting how this reply ended up in a "related thread"... My browser (FireFox) doesn't dump you into different threads...

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Is the one you have the HB125-07? Any comments on how it worked?