I broke a chain

Jeff.Saunders wrote:

I've only broke one chain and it was down to me running it WAY past it's end of life.

Uh, me too:laugh:

ive broken a few chain's myself those of us that race and have done this before know the value of a good and solid built chain guard. by the way i call them coilers because it looks like your bike shit it self off the line.

A couple of years ago I bought a bike off a local person. They'd broken a chain at some point. The transmission cover casting around the front sprocket was shattered. You could see slap marks on the cases where the chain hit. I didn't think much of it until I drained the oil and got chunks of cast aluminum out. I pulled the oil pan, and where the chain hit the cases, the inside of the cases had exploded into a crater - although strangely the cases never leaked.

I got the chain and sprockets from Jeff. Ordered the day before i broke the chain. Fast delivery.

I don't have to shine the sprocket! Roy

you must have esp or something ordering the parts before they broke cool.

I found the rest of the broken link when i removed the sprocket cover. I bent the clutch rod. Lucky i didn't do more damage.

The lift is real nice to have.

I cleaned the swingarm up and painted it. Roy

I don't know the length as i can't find my measuring tape.

Here is a comparasion.

Whoa.... What is that about 4-6"?

Powder or paint, either way looks good!

My estimate on the chain was wrong and the chain wouldn't fit. I could not find a half link any where.

So i made another swingarm. A royal pain!!!

Here it is.

The one in the middle is the one i built. The short one is stock and the tall one was the one i was running. Roy

Installed.

It's sit the bike up a couple of inches. Roy

I rode my bike to town and there was strange noises in the rear hub.
I tore it down yesterday and i had a bad bearing. Real bad.

I am just going to replace the whole wheel. Waiting to see if i win one on eBay.

I am going back to the longer swingarm as the bike sits higher in the rear with the shorter one and transfers more action to the front forks and they have minimal travel to start with and it is a rough ride.

I'll have to sand blast the wheel to match the front.

I will also have plenty of time to polish the right side covers on the engine. Roy:)