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Old 10-08-2023, 03:58 PM   #241 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Avalon - '13 Toyota Avalon HV
90 day: 40.45 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
I've said it elsewhere, but I spent 90 minutes concocting a weird setup of swivels, adaptors, and ratchets to remove the 2 bolts that hold the cam chain tensioner on my Honda motorcycle. The manual specifies a silly amount of disassembly to reach that part, so I went a different direction. Then, I spent 3 hours trying to get the 2 bolts back in. Their extreme disassembly might have been about as fast.

The stupid part has like 7 revisions and still makes a godawful buzzing sound after just a couple hundred miles. Common advice is to replace it with a manually adjusted tensioner.
Again, depressing.

On the other hand, at least vehicles last longer and need less maintenance.

If only there were a way to combine the two, have a car with 2020's safety, reliability and emissions and as easy to work on as one from the 1970's.

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