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Re: Chain tension/wheel alignment - daviee - 09-03-19
(09-03-19, 01:35 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: [quote author=daviee link=topic=25024.msg294190#msg294190 date=1552123192]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
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[quote author=daviee link=topic=25024.msg294125#msg294125 date=1552075746]
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
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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]Ahh 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.
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difference with the wee suzuki is the back sprocket carrier bolts on to the swing arm separate from the spindle so that you caan remove the rear wheel without touching the chain or adjuster great idea also stopped forces of the chain moving the wheel
Re: Chain tension/wheel alignment - F4celess - 11-03-19
(09-03-19, 07:22 AM)darrsi link Wrote: 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. :lol
Agreed.
The 2nd point you made about the cable drum reeling, reminds me of the days I flew big Powerkites, and reeling up the flying lines.
If you happened to hold the Bar with the opposite hand on the previous outing winding/unwinding, you ended up with 4 x 25metre lines all tangled and then had to spend a further 30+ minutes fixing the 'birds nest' before you could fly... all while your 13+ metre wide powerkite was trying its best (on its own) to take off in the wind.... also the embarrassment of having your mates out and flying already, while you were grounded working on your lines! :\ :lol
Re: Chain tension/wheel alignment - His Dudeness - 09-04-19
(07-03-19, 07:47 PM)F4celess link Wrote: Hello all,It's a bit late now but I saw another good tip to prevent this. If you pull the slack side of the chain up towards the swingarm as you're tightening the axle bolt. That should pull the adjusters forward and seat the covers in the swingarm
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. :rolleyes
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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Cheers.