Hey rodbox i spent today playing around with the bike, i cut the roller wheel off, and i then fixed up the chain to an appropriate tension, counted the teeth on the cams and made sure they were the same, tightend appropriately and jumped on for a quick ride up the road. . only to find once i give the throttle a good twist this fkn happens.
the tensioner is squashed under the little knob thing that is supposed to apply force in the opposite direction. Ive had a look at the klx and ttr and they seem to have the same tensioner system and it works fine for them. WHY WONT IT WORK FOR ME ! i was thinking of drilling a hole and putting in a screw where i put a dot to stop the tensioner from spinning but it wont stop the overlapping does anyone have any ideas? am i the only one that this is happenening to? my luck cant be that bad can it?
oh yeh , i changed the oil to castrol activ 4t from big dubbz but all they had was 15w-50 ? it says on the back it protects all 3 components piston,clutch and gears. Is this what you run you bike on?
i gave the teeth on the cam and on the swing arm a touch up with the grinder today, hopefully that will hold them in place a bit better. The chain and everything seems to hold up ok, i went for a ride up the road but had to put the bike away cus my neighbor was giving me the eye .
lol and some advice for ppl who wan to jump on and go for a quick ride, dont wear moccos, fkn almost ran into my dads boat when i went to break and my foot slipped off.
Hi Nafe,
Sorry for not being in touch earlier. I've been in a world of hurt and stuck in hospital for a few days. I picked up a lung infection on my last trip to India and it finally got the better of me big time!
Yep, that's the oil OK - and good stuff for Aussie conditions!
As for your back wheel in the photo - there's something wrong with the set-up in the photo - although I can't put my finger on what it is.
Give me a few days to recover and I'll take a photo of my set-up for you to look at.
You can then compare it with yours and figure out what's up. I think you may have something on backwards - but don't take my word for it at the moment, as I'm still feeling shitty and not quite with the program!
Yep - had a look at my bike on the week-end and you've got a few things round the wrong way.
First, I'd feed the axle in from the other side, so that the axle nut fits onto the other side of the wheel (opposite side to the sprocket).
Second thing is that your toothed cams are on back to front. The knob at the end of the cam should point/curve forward - not point to the rear of the bike like in your photo.
To tighten the chain, you should pull the knob on the end of the cam towards the rear.
I think this is what's been causing you problems.
Getting over the lung infection now and am back at home. Couple more weeks should see me back on top - thanks for the concern.
cheers rod, i will have to turn the axle around then, the toothed cams that i got sent were incorrect so i have 2 left ones so getting them around the right way is another story. After cutting the chain roller off and adjusting the chain to a very precise tension i havent had any problems after 2 rides up the road. I am yet to take the bike out to a track and really let it go but it seems to be holding up so far.
I must say though i have been eyeing off one of these as i have a friend who bought one and he loves it as it is more of a full size bike. Incedentally has had a couple of stacks and the radiators stood up well.
Looking at the sizes it compares with a YZ250 which is a fair size bike.
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