# Help with SOHC timing chain tensioner **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617 "2004-02-24T15:52:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Uniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/34f0e0/32.png) [@Uniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Uniac)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/1 "2004-02-24T15:52:15Z")
Anyone know how to put the thing all the way back? it’s completely out now after i snapped the cam and i can’t get it to go back in. This it the last thing i need to fix before i can put my head back on tomarrow. So any help at all will be greatly appreciated. Thanks(sorry bout my spelling) ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 6:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/2 "2004-02-24T18:28:50Z")
I told you man you gotta take off the front cover to get in there to re-align it. ---
**Author:** ![Uniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/34f0e0/32.png) [@Uniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Uniac)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/3 "2004-02-24T18:42:56Z")
i really don’t want to pull the crank pully off adam, there has got to be a way. ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/4 "2004-02-24T18:45:22Z")
Unfortuanally thats the way the FSM says its done. There might be but good luck buddie… ---
**Author:** ![Uniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/34f0e0/32.png) [@Uniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Uniac)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/5 "2004-02-24T18:48:03Z")
darn, i was hoping to have it running on thursday. oh well, next week it is… On a side note, the piston has 2 nice valve marks on it, but the valve isn’t bent, also it has a metal headgasket and silicone. You think it’s been done before? ---
**Author:** ![SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@SHIFT\_KA24DET](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SHIFT_KA24DET)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/6 "2004-02-24T19:04:25Z")
Ya man the SOCH valves are nuts all my valves smashed into the pistons and not a single scratch on any of them but the pistons were fudged. I wouldn’t be suprised if it has been changed before. ---
**Author:** ![pearlS13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e68b1a/32.png) [@pearlS13](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pearlS13)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/7 "2004-02-26T17:36:14Z")
i replaced my guides and tensioner in the summer time and the only way to get to the tensioner is to take the front cover of like shift\_sr20det said. Its a pain in the ass but you have to do it becuase i dont see any other way to get at it. ---
**Author:** ![canadiandrifter240sx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@canadiandrifter240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/canadiandrifter240sx)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/8 "2004-02-27T07:50:30Z")
I have removed the hydralic tensioner with out removeing the front cover before. If I remember corectly it is only one 10 mm bolt holding it on and I just use a wrench to get to it but you have to be carefull not to drop anything. Tie a peice of sting to your wrench. It was prop 4 years ago when I did it so I can’t quite remember how I did it but I know I did it ---
**Author:** ![Uniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/34f0e0/32.png) [@Uniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Uniac)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/help-with-sohc-timing-chain-tensioner/80617/9 "2004-02-27T08:36:20Z")
Thanks for all the help, i discovered this after i pulled the big chunk of cam out of my oil pan, and had the front cover off. Should be back togeather by end of next week. thanks again.