strange rattle noise GONE
04-20-2005, 12:25 PM
#11
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:25 PM
#12
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:25 PM
#13
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
it's worn out.
Mike
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>
> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >
> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >
> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell. There
> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> they
> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone AND
> >> it
> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >>
> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just curious.
> >>
> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:35 PM
#14
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:35 PM
#15
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:35 PM
#16
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 12:35 PM
#17
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
soon, but thats easy.
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
>
> Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> it's worn out.
>
> Mike
>
> Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>>
>> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
>>
>> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
>> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
>>
>> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
>> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
>> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
>> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
>> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
>> >
>> > The real ones are steel all the way!
>> >
>> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
>> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
>> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> >
>> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>> >>
>> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
>> >> There
>> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
>> >> they
>> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
>> >> AND
>> >> it
>> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
>> >> curious.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 01:34 PM
#18
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I just found out that I snapped my rad in half for the 3rd time when I
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 01:34 PM
#19
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I just found out that I snapped my rad in half for the 3rd time when I
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!
04-20-2005, 01:34 PM
#20
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: strange rattle noise GONE
I just found out that I snapped my rad in half for the 3rd time when I
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!
saw the crack while giving a boost yesterday!
Grr, I snapped one side strap, so bolted it back together and snapped
that again so welded a bar on the side in this shape: [
Now the other side is snapped after my camping trip last weekend. Oh
well, time for a reinforcing bar on that side too.
My rad is free standing and has lasted 5 years. I need to keep it going
for a while longer, then I am going to a 3 core rad.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
>
> I didn't figure they were really important, I was shocked when I saw the
> plastic sprocket. It's all good now, Jeeps happy again....gonna need a rad
> soon, but thats easy.
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:4266827C.91C4DAF5@sympatico.ca...
> > Cool, those plastic ones are crap.
> >
> > Those flanges are supposed to be the guides for the chain and I guess
> > the strange rattle they make when the chain hits them is the way to tell
> > it's worn out.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >>
> >> no no, thats what was IN there. I changed it to metal.
> >>
> >> I didn't say there was a tensioner, just wondering what the flanges are
> >> for.....easy Mike....bring the pulse back down, heheh
> >>
> >> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> >> news:4266793E.856202F0@sympatico.ca...
> >> > Arggg! You didn't get one of those stupid plastic gear sets did you?
> >> > That is some wacky invention of DC's they started using for the YJ as
> >> > 'planned obsolescence' because the real ones last forever.... The only
> >> > failed 258 timing sets I have seen were the plastic ones.
> >> >
> >> > The real ones are steel all the way!
> >> >
> >> > There is no tensioner for the 258 timing chain. Oh crap, here we go,
> >> > one of those so called Jeep 'mechanics' that posts here swears there is
> >> > a tensioner, he is full of BS as usual.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
> >> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >> >
> >> > Pi-Eyed Piper wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> well, we pulled the timing chain off and it was sloppy as all hell.
> >> >> There
> >> >> are two flanges on the cover, looks like a tensioner goes there maybe,
> >> >> they
> >> >> were almost eaten off! I was HAPPY to see that. So, the noise is gone
> >> >> AND
> >> >> it
> >> >> seems more responsive at higher RPM, is that my imagination?
> >> >>
> >> >> Also, are the factory chains all cast nylon over aluminum? Just
> >> >> curious.
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks for all the input to!