chain tensioner?

[colt 1911]

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5335845805&icep_item=362479026310 I am looking to run a full chain set up on my 1969 digger. I need some input as to what style of tensioner the members like/dislike. I am aware blackwidow has the oem kit but I wonder that a spring loaded style might be the superior play. thanks Jeff

 

[Havasu Dave]

Everything I could find for mini bike #35 applications looked cheap and cheesy, so I made my own cheap and cheesy version. Torsion spring from McMaster, bronze bushings and sprocket from Ebay, and shoulder bolt from Bolt Depot with spare steel bits from my box of failed ideas.

Shown upside down.

How it sits on the machine.

 

[colt 1911]

everyones box of failed ideas is just parts that you will revisit again someday - thanks Dave

 

[I74]

That's quite innovative Dave !

 

[metalhead100]

made my own too....

 

[metalhead100]