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16-01-2012, 04:19pm
It's official
I'm an idiot
Didnt even want to admit my mistake here but after all the help i recieved, i feel obliged to out myself as a dick.
I finally got all my tools together to clean, adjust and lube my chain and started testing to find the tightest spot on the chain to adjust from.
I started rolling the bike forward 3 or 4 links at a time and notice that it was 75mm all around the chain.
I thought, thats strange, its now evenly loose and no tight spots.
I realised i was in neutral and the previous test were done in first gear as i live on a hill and didnt want it to roll forward. I put it into first and sure enough, the chain is tight :P
lol
ffs
No one told me to put it in neutral.
hahaha
Silly mistake but happy my chain and sprockets arent f****d.
Tightened it up to 25mm all round.
One thing i did notice though, when i was adjusting the left nut, the notches on the adjuster are uneven on the left. For example. On the right side, it is adjusted to the edge of the third notch. But on the left, it is adjusted to the third notch only on the bottom with about half a mill from the third notch on the top notch if that makes sense.
In other words, the left sides top and bottom notches aren;t perfectly aligned.
Does that mean my axle isnt straight? If so, how would i align them?
Sorry for wasting your time with that little pee wee up, but i do appreciate all your advice and learned a lot about chains and sprockets :)
I'm an idiot
Didnt even want to admit my mistake here but after all the help i recieved, i feel obliged to out myself as a dick.
I finally got all my tools together to clean, adjust and lube my chain and started testing to find the tightest spot on the chain to adjust from.
I started rolling the bike forward 3 or 4 links at a time and notice that it was 75mm all around the chain.
I thought, thats strange, its now evenly loose and no tight spots.
I realised i was in neutral and the previous test were done in first gear as i live on a hill and didnt want it to roll forward. I put it into first and sure enough, the chain is tight :P
lol
ffs
No one told me to put it in neutral.
hahaha
Silly mistake but happy my chain and sprockets arent f****d.
Tightened it up to 25mm all round.
One thing i did notice though, when i was adjusting the left nut, the notches on the adjuster are uneven on the left. For example. On the right side, it is adjusted to the edge of the third notch. But on the left, it is adjusted to the third notch only on the bottom with about half a mill from the third notch on the top notch if that makes sense.
In other words, the left sides top and bottom notches aren;t perfectly aligned.
Does that mean my axle isnt straight? If so, how would i align them?
Sorry for wasting your time with that little pee wee up, but i do appreciate all your advice and learned a lot about chains and sprockets :)