14-01-17, 12:05 PM
(14-01-17, 12:40 AM)tommyardin link Wrote: [quote author=Adam2201 link=topic=17296.msg249593#msg249593 date=1484086712]
Cheers for those links, I've saved them for when the time comes. This is the one I'd been looking at: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400676831619.
The chain has stretched past the limit they quote in the manual but still doesn't pull off the sprocket teeth very much at all, so I'm hoping to keep it going a bit longer. Need to keep an eye on the front sprocket wear as well though.
Would be a nice job for spring / summer when it's warmer /lighter , and I can take the opportunity to regrease swingarm bearings at the same time
I heard that the front sprocket wears out much quicker than the back as it only about a third the size therefore rotates about 3 times to every one of the rear leading to hooked teeth much quicker than the rear,
It was recommended to me that the front sprocket be changed about 12-15K and that helps the chain and rear sprocket last to probably twice as long possibly up to 30 -35K.
Make sense? Whatcha fink?
Chain and both sprockets £120, front sprocket about 18-20 Quid.
Quick modify to my post thinking about it.
If the front sprocket wears and hooks much muck quicker than the rear the worn front will damage the chain much quicker ans as the chain is the most expensive part of the drive train I guess it makes sence to change the front sprocket sooner than later.
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What a load of bollocks, I think someone is just trying to sell you front sprockets. :lol
A well maintained chain and sprockets should easily last 30k miles. I've never had a front sprocket wear any faster than a rear, in fact they always seem to wear at about the same rate.
In my experience it's the chain which will become worn long before the sprockets. If your sprockets are becoming hooked before the chain is knackered then that'll be down to poor maintenance/ chain adjustment.