Cam chain "slipper"

[DavidL]

Just been to look at a 88 S which has a recent bill for a cam chain and slipper - would this be another term for the tensioner? Bill was from Northway.

DL

 

[Fen]

The slipper is the pad that it attached to the tensioner and contacts the chain. I would expect a replacement tensioner to include a slipper, but not necessarily a replacement slipper to mean the tensioner also, though possibly that could be what Northway call it. Any Northway customers know for sure?

 

[mik_ok]

Fen beat me to it.

That reads to me as "chain plus pads" ~ see HERE for a handy illustration (although I'm pretty certain the price doesn't include the chain though.

Chains are known to stretch and pads are known to crack and degrade (with the potential therefore to partially or totally collapse).

Popular opinion seems to be that "since you are in there" to do the chain, you may as well replace the tensioner mechanism also. Maybe this is what the bill means (?) or maybe they deemed the tensioner mech to be fine (?)

 

[eastendr]

The tensioner has both an upper and lower slipper attached. The upper slipper is available separately, so chain and slipper change probably means just that.

http://www.cannell.co.uk/944S%20-%202.htm

HTH

Rick.

 

[mik_ok]

nice pics Rich - hadn't seen them before. [8D]

Out of interest - did you change chain and tensioner, or just the tensioner mech?

 

[Fen]

Rich? We're not all going to start calling each other by the wrong names again are we?[&:]

 

[mik_ok]

Good point Fin.

Call it a freudian slipper.....[8|]

 

[944cabby]

ORIGINAL: mik_ok

Fen beat me to it.

That reads to me as "chain plus pads" ~ see HERE for a handy illustration (although I'm pretty certain the price doesn't include the chain though.

Chains are known to stretch and pads are known to crack and degrade (with the potential therefore to partially or totally collapse).

Popular opinion seems to be that "since you are in there" to do the chain, you may as well replace the tensioner mechanism also. Maybe this is what the bill means (?) or maybe they deemed the tensioner mech to be fine (?)

Yes, the price includes the chain and one pad (but not the other for some strange reason).

 

[944turboS]

I've never heard anything bad about Ray Nortway & his set up so I would expect the tensioner to have been checked & deemed servicable, especially as he has Porsche Cars GB right next door so has no supply issues.

 

[eastendr]

ORIGINAL: mik_ok

nice pics Rich - hadn't seen them before. [8D]

Out of interest - did you change chain and tensioner, or just the tensioner mech?

On that occasion just the tensioner assembly (complete, obviously, with both slippers). Subsequently the chain was changed as well during a major service.

Takes less than an hour to change the tensioner complete. Chain takes longer and probably best to get it done at your next belt change.

Rick.