I think you'll have to re-adjust it. Undo the axle nut and sit on the ground behind the bike and give the tyre a few kicks so the wheel moves forward. Be careful not to kick the bike off the stand. If the wheel moves forward the cover in the swingarm should go back in where it's supposed to be but the chain might go slack and you'll have to re adjust to get the correct slack. Something that's often over looked when adjusting the chain is the torque arm that connects to the rear caliper. It needs to be free to move when you're adjusting the chain. I think it can seize from rust and makes adjusting the chain more difficult.
bandit - your mention of the rear spindle being fitted the wrong way round is also an interesting one.I've compared it to pics I've taken of my bike in the past, it's been fitted this way in all of them (Nut on right).
Another way of ensuring the spindle is against the adjusters is to place a rag across the lower chain run and rotate the wheel forward, causing the chain to tighten and forcing the spindle forwards and tight against the adjusters.
Quote from: F4celess on 08 March 2019, 09:50:22 ambandit - your mention of the rear spindle being fitted the wrong way round is also an interesting one.I've compared it to pics I've taken of my bike in the past, it's been fitted this way in all of them (Nut on right).Depending on the end can you have, you sometimes have to have the nut on the right hand side as theres not enough clearance to remove the spindle from that side without removing the end can. You need to get the torque right though, or it can undo itself due to the rotation of the wheel.Putting the spindle in from the RHS mitigates the self loosening by always trying to tighten the spindle into the nut..
the spindle dont turn so it wont loosen itself off , if the spindle did turn then yes but it dont do wont undo itself
if you spindle was that loose you would crash as the wheel would pull to one side due to the chain being on one side and the chain adjusters would snap
My end can is aftermarket. It did have the standard Yamaha 'bazooka' (500mm) on there before, perhaps the reason someone decided to fit the spindle from the left side for convenience. Do based on your feedback it would be more advisable to insert the Spindle from the other side! Will consider swapping it round.Taken from the manual, rear axle nut torque states 117Nm / 11.7m kg. I was tightening using a torque wrench and it didn't click, plus was giving it ALOT of force, didn't want to snap or bend something!..
Quote from: daviee on 08 March 2019, 08:09:06 pmif you spindle was that loose you would crash as the wheel would pull to one side due to the chain being on one side and the chain adjusters would snap I remember on my old Suzuki GS 125 on the way to Peterborough bike show, I lost my rear axle nut and stopped and pulled up i piece of wire from a hedge and wrapped it around the thread and carried on. Seems nuts thinking about it now and how could I of carried on - there and back
I get a similar scenario at work when i'm cleaning/unreeling a cable drum that's come back in from a job and i know when it's been reeled up by a left handed person because they will have reeled the cable onto the drum anti clockwise, instead of a right handed clockwise which makes things a bit cack-handed if you're the opposite.
Quote from: darrsi on 09 March 2019, 06:22:28 amI get a similar scenario at work when i'm cleaning/unreeling a cable drum that's come back in from a job and i know when it's been reeled up by a left handed person because they will have reeled the cable onto the drum anti clockwise, instead of a right handed clockwise which makes things a bit cack-handed if you're the opposite. Turn the drum over and it will go the other way
Quote from: fazersharp on 09 March 2019, 01:02:36 amQuote from: daviee on 08 March 2019, 08:09:06 pmif you spindle was that loose you would crash as the wheel would pull to one side due to the chain being on one side and the chain adjusters would snap I remember on my old Suzuki GS 125 on the way to Peterborough bike show, I lost my rear axle nut and stopped and pulled up i piece of wire from a hedge and wrapped it around the thread and carried on. Seems nuts thinking about it now and how could I of carried on - there and back done the same on my ap50 but their is a huge difference in power i doubt you would get away with it on a 600
Quote from: daviee on 09 March 2019, 09:19:52 amQuote from: fazersharp on 09 March 2019, 01:02:36 amQuote from: daviee on 08 March 2019, 08:09:06 pmif you spindle was that loose you would crash as the wheel would pull to one side due to the chain being on one side and the chain adjusters would snap I remember on my old Suzuki GS 125 on the way to Peterborough bike show, I lost my rear axle nut and stopped and pulled up i piece of wire from a hedge and wrapped it around the thread and carried on. Seems nuts thinking about it now and how could I of carried on - there and back done the same on my ap50 but their is a huge difference in power i doubt you would get away with it on a 600Ahh you know what - it has just come back to me. Well it was over 30 years ago. It wasn't the rear axle at all it was the swing arm bolt/shaft nut that I lost. Which makes more sense as the pulling forces are different.
As daft as it sounds it can simply be that it was fitted unwittingly by a left handed person! I normally tap mine back in with a rubber mallet, and if i was left handed it would make natural sense to tap from the left with my controlling hand. I get a similar scenario at work when i'm cleaning/unreeling a cable drum that's come back in from a job and i know when it's been reeled up by a left handed person because they will have reeled the cable onto the drum anti clockwise, instead of a right handed clockwise which makes things a bit cack-handed if you're the opposite.
Hello all,Fitted rear wheel back on, with new chain etc, however have an issue after setting chain tension (the two nuts on thread at rear of Swingarm).The rear cover at back of Swingarm is loose, so something isn't right. Plus if I'm tightening those adjustment nuts so it pushes the end 'caps' tight against back of Swingarm then chain becomes too tight. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Details20190307 18440020190307 184400Cheers.