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Posted by Pete on August 26, 2007, 11:21 pm
> Pete wrote:
>
>>With the axel bolt tight there shouldnt be any pressure on that piece.
>
> But the end piece broke, didn't it? You cannot depend on the axle being
> torqued to specs to hold the rear wheel straight.
Yes the end piece was broken.The first snap i heard came from the rear tire
area first, then up front. What i thought originally happend was when i went
into 2nd that piece broke causing the axel to slide forward losing the chain
and the the chain slammed into the front housing. Thats what i thought
anyway.
>
> I ruined the chain adjuster on my first motorcycle by tightening the
> adjuster
> bolt too much, and I thought that I could still ride the bike if I
> tightened
> the axle enough.
>
> I was wrong, the chain pulling on the sprocket shifted the wheel, the
> chain
> jammed up and broke a tooth off the sprocket and the chain adjuster broke
> in
> half too.
>
> As to the front sprocket, you wanted to keep an eye on the nut that holds
> it
> on.
> The sheetmetal lock washer is made out of a soft steel so it can be bent.
>
> Anything soft enough to be bent will fret against the nut and sprocket
> until
> it wears the center teeth out and it also will get thinner as it frets.
>
>
http://houseofmotorcycles.bikebandit.com/partsbandit/ShowSchematic.aspx?deptId=2419260&machineId=10519
>
>
> 27: WASHER, LOCK
>
>>
>>Bikes messed up. Front sprocket housing is shattered, rear of swingarm is
>>shot. so is
>> the rear sprocket. And the water pump or so part of that is gone cause of
>>the way
>>the anti freeze was pouring out. Big bucks here.
>
> I hear your pain, Pete. I feel miserable when I break my own bikes, so I
> know
> how it feels.
>
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