Frame and Other Damage Due to Chain With Too Much Slack - Page 3

 
*Shrug*. <Thinks> If you're talking about the shock absorber springs
*behind* the clutch, then say so. The springs "inside the basket" are
generally taken as being the clutch springs. Either way, you're
talking nonsense. Ever known a clutch to fail because of a slack
chain, unless it managed to flail and damge the actuating mechanism?
Nope, thought not.

 wrote:


Well "Howdy-Ho!". The Unflushable Turd is back again, with another
assertion that belies reality.

Suzuki GS1100 clutch basket backing plates were notrious for cracking
under severe acceleration, but sometimes they cracked when the rider
treated his machine like he was a little old lady from Glendale.

Vance & Vinces made a lot of money manufacturing and selling re-worked
clutch baskets that had beefier springs in the backing plates and
welded
rivets and they even manufactured billet clutch baskets to take the
really hard driveline shocks that hot rodded motors transmitted back
and forth.

Notwithstanding all the above, I serious doubt that Dates Fat's lady
friend is going to have such problems with her clutch.

 

And what has this to do with failing from a slack chain?

Nothing.

They failed because they couldn't cope with the power, not because the
drive chain was loose. But carry on with your fantasies, if you wish to
look silly.


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 TOG@Toil wrote:


But there is some poetic justice in that it was an answer to one of David's
questions.  ;-)