2005 Honda Rincon 650 Bad Timing Chain Tensioner Sound and Replacement

This should apply to all Honda rincon 650’s. Hope it helps!

[@marchhair01]

Just changed mine - as you described. The previous owner had changed it before and tightened the hell out of those two 8 mm bolts. I had to put the Vulcan death grip on then to get them out! Thanks for the vid!

[@teddyruxspin8480]

Only had 1800 km on mine when it started the knocking and i just did it seemed to fix the problem .... I'm so proud of myself I'm basically a mechanic now lol

[@skagit58]

I also have a 2005 TRX650. I bought it cheap earlier this year and it clattered like crazy at idle and would change as it warmed up a bit. I knew these engines were a bit noisy anyway, but I took a gamble and brought it home. I set the engine to TDC, and pulled the old tensioner. I installed a new manual tensioner as per instructions and just like that, 90% of the noise was gone. Those factory tensioners will fail and the manual tensioner is the way to go. My machine has around 4500 miles. Most racing machines that use tensioners are all manual type so they don't fail and scatter the engines. I baby my machines so hopefully mine will give me years more use before it retires.

[@ATV_HowTo]

I haven’t tried the manual tensioners. May be irrational but I’ve always been afraid of the vibrations loosening up the lock bolt on those manual tensioners. These rincons are great as long as you take care of them.

[@Gruuvin1]

I have to do this on mine, and it looks tricky to get an 8mm tool in there. If you pull one tensioner out and put a new one in, isn't there practically zero chance the chain can skip a tooth if you aren't rotating the engine? I ask because I would like to skip the step of first getting to TDC before swapping the tensioner.

[@randyjerrett3385]

Thank you!!!! You saved me a lot of aggravation!!!!

[@dustytaff6475]

T Mark in the center and back out small flat head after it's tight.. thanks for the video

[@valgear123]

Thanks buddy same sound as mine gonna fix it now

[@valgear123]

Appreciate the video, man. Saved me a lot of hassle, for the want of a 30 dollar part! She purrs like a kitten now.

[@frankcarm7692]

Mine doesn’t have the T mark it just has two lines is that normal

[@teddyruxspin8480]

two lines followed right after by the f mark then right after that the t mark ...have to pull it slow or will flash right by ya .. i think if its on the f or the t it will be fine

[@sashkomazniuk3593]

Please tell me where I can buy it at a normal price?

[@ATV_HowTo]

www.ebay.com/itm/284654303268?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8ukSelzjRPu&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=v5hrisaztdo&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

[@sashkomazniuk3593]

@@ATV_HowTo thank you for the link and for the video)

[@backspace4093]

How many miles did you have on it before you replaced the tensioner.

[@ATV_HowTo]

Only had about 2000 miles on it but definitely not easy miles. Was not taken care of