wolvmarine
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The whole reason for this process was the lack of other options, hence the "mother invention" bit, also why I used "cobbled". I have washers on the way, but I was figuring out the best method of taking the slack out, "the clay model" as it were. Nobody expects you to drive the clay model. Its there to figure out how to get everything to work well together. Plus a pair of wedges will hold the motor up where I need it to place the washers. Its more for guidance. Expanding pliers are weak and don't lock; expanding locking pliers are too large for this space; door wedges are too soft. The list goes on. If nobody likes the idea so be it. It's an effective quick way to take the slack of the chainHere's an idea!
Get four bicycle quills(the wedges).
Ream out 2 quills, so that the rod easily passes thru them.
Place these right under the top motor mount plate, right at the edges. towards the rear, so they can be adjusted.
Slide the rods thru the 2 reamed quills, then screw to the other 2 quills.
The screwed-on quills are placed towards the front of the engine motor mount,
between the 2 motor mount plates.
Now, when you tighten the rods, the wedges will raise the top motor mount plate.
Doing this will raise the engine and tighten the chain.
Force applied is at a 1:3 angle favoring the 100lb ratchet. So over 300lb force would be required to defeat this leverage. ~1/2 * 50lb motor bouncing about at idle would require some serious motivation to produce enough force to spit it out.