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I would be really interested on who has actually had a cam chain tensioner failure, what year of bike and how many miles. Also was it covered under warranty. It does not have to be a catastrophic failure can include worn beyond factory specs.

It would be interesting to see if there is a pattern that developes.

I had a 2003 Ultra with 40,000 miles that was beyond factory specs and replaced under extended warranty in 2005.

Doug
 
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I replaced the whole cam plate with the Hydraulic one and got rid of the spring one. Luckily HD sells the tensioner assembly as a replacement item. We think ? that moisture in the cam crest did not burn off. (too many short trips) It took a pair of pliers to free up the inner piston assembly. We replaced both inner and outer, as the outer was almost as stiff.
 
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