Chain tension/wheel alignment

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[quote author=fazersharp link=topic=25024.msg294169#msg294169 date=1552093356]
[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

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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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.