Chain sag ??

[Dinger1962]

Hi guys been getting bike ready for mot when i noticed that when i pull rear wheel towards the chain side of bike my chain starts to sag  now my question is ---is this normal or do my swingarm bearings need replaced as this looks to be where the play is ?--Thanks for any info /advice-

[BBROWN1664]

If you pull the rear wheel to the side and it moves the bearings are focced. Either the swing arm wheel bearings. You need to work out where the movement is.

[Dinger1962]

Yeah the play is definately in the swing arm cheers--

[limax2]

If there is that much play in the bearing that you can notice it in chain slack then the bearing must be well and truly shot at. I would first check that the nut on the bolt that goes through the swinging arm to the frame is tight.

[Dinger1962]

Thanks for help guys it was worn bush and siezed bearing sorted now thanks-----

[limax2]

Glad you found the cause of the problem. Always good when someone reports back after finding the answer to a problem so others can sometimes learn from it.  :thumbup

[His Dudeness]

Glad you found the cause of the problem. Always good when someone reports back after finding the answer to a problem so others can sometimes learn from it.  :thumbup

Yeah it's good when the fix is reported back. Everyone learns something. There's nothing worse than when you have a problem and you find a thread where the person has the exact same problem as you so you read the whole thing all the way to the end and they never post the solution :'( Even if they didn't find a solution but they updated the thread with I tried all that was suggested and nothing worked. That tells you more than saying nothing!