I replaced my Hydraulic Tensioner wile redoing my chain and it doesn't go back in. (BTW The new tensioner comes without a spring and the 19mm cap that bolts on the outside and I guess we should reuse our existing spring and cap...)
The telescoping part of it pressing on the Banana Slide prevents it from mating to the side of the cylinder head. I have never remembered this happening before.
I tried to lightly tap the telescoping head back in with a rubber hammer, but it won't retract. I read somewhere there's a trick to this. The Frankenstein solution of trying to mate it to the block by slowly tightening down on the mounting bolts and compressing the telescoping part--I know enough not to do that.
There's a trick here and embarrassing enough I cannot remember it...though once I did a workaround by removing the camshaft gear and then I put it back on. Can anyone jog my memory?