Stu Pidasole's Build

i called pmf. the gentleman told me to put a straight edge on both sides of my rear tire. then measure the distance between. came out to 7-1/8" then he had me measure from the side of the tire to the inside mount of the sprocket hub. it came out to 1". he told me unless i move my tire to the right, the chain will hit the frame. i explained that the frame has been spread to accomidate the wider swingarm.

with the 7-1/8" and 1" measurement he came up with 7/8" offset.

well i took the front sprocket off. i tied a 1/4" rope to the end of the front sprocket housing. ran it back and wrapped around the center of the rear sprocket hub. i also used a straight edge to make sure the rope was straight. once again, not the most acurate, but i came up with a 5/8" diff. from center of sprocket teeth to rope. seems like i need to buy my rear sprocket and a chain to find out exactly....unless one of you has a secret?

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you are campin out rubbin sticks together to make fire!
you need that rear sprocket for the zx wheel before you try to figure out what front offset you need.until you get the rear sprocket you are wasting time.
my opinion fwiw,

leon

531blackbanshee wrote:

you are campin out rubbin sticks together to make fire!
you need that rear sprocket for the zx wheel before you try to figure out what front offset you need.until you get the rear sprocket you are wasting time.
my opinion fwiw,

leon

thanks leon, i really like this one. cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:BOCOR:MOTORS:1123 good deal too. seller came down to 30 bucks. just not sure about the fit. the seller said if it dosnt work they will take it back....whatcys tink?

it will prollly work,you can try and send it back if it doesn't.
plus it looks like it may be a little offset one way or the other so that may help later to line up your sprockets.

leon

531blackbanshee wrote:

you are campin out rubbin sticks together to make fire!
you need that rear sprocket for the zx wheel before you try to figure out what front offset you need.until you get the rear sprocket you are wasting time.
my opinion fwiw,

leon

geeez there must be an echo in here.... .


do what Larry says or he will get mad at us ....but i think you just build the bike and match the chain and offset to the zx sprocket....

but then i dont hack these shits apart so pay me no mind...:blink:

here is the rear sprocket i went with. i spoke with PBI and looked at thier chart, and it says itll work for my year hub. its straight not offset.

cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...geName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

since im such a noobie, whats the 530 and 630 part of a chai meeen?

If I recall the first two numbers are link length and width in 1/8th's of an inch. So a 530 would be 5/8"Lx3/8"W, a 630 would be 3/4"Lx3/8"W, I think.....maybe...I don't know....


just trying to up my post count......