My chain on my bike is sliping off the sprocket,and it;s already it's limit for tightening,time for a new chain? I can put back on in like 5 minutes flat but as I was riding today it jammed the wheel (quick clutch grab save's all)
It's time to put the bike in the garage and not ride it until you get a new chain time. If your chain is at the point where it will slip off the sprocket and the adjusters are fully out, it was new chain time a fair few miles ago. If this is what a loose chain can cause, it's not even worth going on the bike till it's fixed.
Lol your chain is slipping off'of the sprocket.. I have only once or twice got a chain to the end of the adjusters. Before that point the chain will be so worn that it is loose to the point of falling off, and with a few revolutions of the wheel, it is so tight that it wants to snap.. Come on dude, you know you need to change the chain and sprockets, its not rocket salad. If you buy the parts ill even help you fit them one evening, i have all the tools.. Ps don't just buy a chain, it will be shagged after a few thousand miles unless you change the sprockets.. Protip: steel sprockets last a long time, alloy ones don't. Alloy ones look nice, steel ones don't. Depends what you want from the bike.
Www.bikespeed.co.uk really good service you can just put your bike in and it shows you What you need. Good prices to. If you need help just ask I've got all the kit I've just done both mine. I can't stress enough that you need to change it you'll be wearing a hedge soon of you don't.
An alloy rear sprocket is softer then a steel, but it is 3 times the size of the steel front. Get a steel rear on a low powered bike and you will still have to change again at a similar interval as the front will wear out around the same . The thing about an alloy sprocket is that it is one third the mass of a steel one. Rotating mass on the wheels has a three fold effect. 1 it had to be moved forward and stopped. 2 it has to be spun up and slowed. 3 It is less unsprung mass the rear suspension has to overcome to keep the rear tyre on the road with a constant foot print. As bikes get more powerful and heavy the returns diminish. The other thing is, alloy does not get on with grit. It needs to be kept clean and lubricated.
Yep turn sprocket round drill rivet to take one link out of chain cost nothing will increase bhp by 100% On a serious note instead of thinking oh I need a new chain and bitching. GET THE FING THING CHANGED BEFORE YOU HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR WORSE STILL CAUSE INJURY TO SOMEONE ELSE
Whoa I'm not bitching,I was asking if I needed a new chain,believe it or not,if there is poetnial to lock the wheels,I know not to ride it.
Common sence would tell you stretched chain as worn teeth would not push the chain to its limit as the chain doesn't seat in the teeth as such
and it did,this is not the first time this has happend,It went to a garage and had max tensioners on,this was some 700-1000miles ago.Now that it's happend again,and I have advise,I will get a new chain +sprockets and send it to the garage it's just came from.
Good plan. Never turn a sprocket round. Besides the fact some sprockets are offset and will mis-align the chain off its' normal path, all that will have is the problem you experience whilst under drive will be transfer to occur on over run. Guys, this kind of leg pulling could have lethal consequences. I know teasing can be fun but, . . .:unsure:
I can put chain back on in 5 minutes so he keeps putting it back on that's a big noooooooooooooo Nathan is a great lad and I've been on rides with him but knowingly putting it back on I'd be fooking fuming if his bike locked up in front of me and he knew his chain was fooked
The sizes are on the ad. Check to see if its the same (id be amazed if it isnt) http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=360958314165&alt=web Dont forget a new front too and dont buy the cheapest chain possible. False economy.
