chain tensioner help

clemo2k1
clemo2k1 Posts: 15
edited November 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
hi i have a blackspire stinger chain tensioner that mounts behing the bb (FSA platnum ISIS) how do i mount it without altering the chain line when i fit it the chain almost touches the chainstay and i cant set up gears with it fitted. any idas apreciated.

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    1 it is not a tensioner there is no spring.

    if the BB is 68mm you will need a new 68mm E type fit FSA BB.
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  • golfergmc
    golfergmc Posts: 426
    Sorry to threadjack but if I fit a Heim chain guide to a gxp bb will I need a new bb to stop altering the chain line.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    golfergmc wrote:
    Sorry to threadjack but if I fit a Heim chain guide to a gxp bb will I need a new bb to stop altering the chain line.
    there is no BB to change for width.

    more info needed. what width BB. what fitting device.
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  • golfergmc
    golfergmc Posts: 426
    Heim 3 guide for triple and 68mm shimano bb on a kona tanuki.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    nicklouse wrote:
    golfergmc wrote:
    Sorry to threadjack but if I fit a Heim chain guide to a gxp bb will I need a new bb to stop altering the chain line.
    there is no BB to change for width.

    more info needed. what width BB. what fitting device.
    golfergmc wrote:
    Heim 3 guide for triple and 68mm shimano bb on a kona tanuki.

    so which is it Shimano or GXP?

    two very different things.

    and what fitting is the guide?
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  • golfergmc
    golfergmc Posts: 426
    Sorry, gxp the guide goes between the bb and frame.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    just remove the spacer from the drive side as the guide takes up the space.
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  • golfergmc
    golfergmc Posts: 426
    Thanks.
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