cam chain adjuster

hello people; I'm new. KZ 1000 project. I see they sell a manually adjusting one. What do you think of that? It might be good for just working in that area. I've had by stock one of and on a bunch of times and every time I want to retract the adjuster I have to take it completely off. I need a new gasket and with the manual one you should never have to take it off.
IBBY

You have to be careful when using one.
Steve

Steve why do you say that ?
I run a APE tensioner and it's stupid simple
turn the bolt in by hand while turning the crank two rev.'s
then back it off 1/4 turn lock the jam nut you're done.

IMHO best $ 50.00 you could spent on your motor.
Why chance a 30+ year old part that CAN trash your motor
that has a known failure rate.

Kawasaki didn't make a lot of design faults, but I really think the 'automatic' tensioner wasn't their best idea.

IIRC The springs were uprated with a different part number on the GPz550 and maybe others.

I say that because it can be adjusted too tight. If bought used then the owner can make a mistake costing a motor. If the cam chain rollers are worn out and there's no adjustment left, this thing can quiet it down until a broken cam chain is the result.
Guess how I know this.
Steve