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Re: Chain Tensioner

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Originally Posted by thefro526 View Post
We're using this tensioner from AndyMark:

http://www.andymark.biz/am-0286.html
Wonderful! Things don't have to be really high-tech to work well, eh? The point of a conventional chain tensioner is not really to "tension" a chain, so much as to prevent slack from derailing it. A rigid tensioner on a bi-directional drive system does help eliminate lash...
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