CHAIN TENSIONER ASSEMBLY STEPS

1.  Place the coil spring into the tensioner arm bore.  The tab shown above on the spring goes into the hole shown in the second picture above. 
Make sure you put it into the hole shown and not any other hole, otherwise the tensioner will not work properly!

2.  Place the metal washer first and plastic washer second onto the shank of the         3.  Verify/install the two roll pins in the larger holes on the back plate.  Both pins need
shoulder bolt as shown above.  Next put the 1mm thick spacer onto the threaded            be protruding from the back of the plate, if not the tensioner cannot be assembled.
portion of the shoulder bolt.  Last put the bolt with washers and spacer into the                If one pin is protruding from the front of the plate, use a hammer to push it out the
tensioner arm hole.                                                                                                                    back of the plate as shown above.

4.  Install the flanged plastic washer onto the front of the plate.  Make sure the hole            5.  With the back plate on, hold  the tensioner arm then use a pair of needle nose
in the plastic washer lines up with the small hole in the plate.  While keeping the                  pliers to grab the shoulder bolt and inner roll pin, next turn the back plate 180
holes lined up, install the plate with washer  onto the shoulder bolt /coil spring/                     degrees clockwise to the position show above.  At this point you can tap the
tensioner arm  assembly, and insert the coil spring tab  into the hole shown above.           outer roll pin down into position.  The outer roll pin functions as a stop to keep the
                                                                                                                                                        tensioner  from hitting the front wheel.  At this point you can let the back plate
                                                                                                                                                        rotate counterclockwise and remove the pliers, spring tension will keep the
                                                                                                                                                        back plate in place.  Note:  You will  need a second person to help with this step.

6.  At this point you can bolt the tensioner back onto the frame, making sure
to put the inner roll pin into it's hole on the mounting plate.  Make sure the
tensioner operates smoothly through it entire range.  If it does not you can
loosen the mounting nut then snug it up again, as sometimes the shoulder
bolt does not seat correctly.