Is there a problem with this C+S set?

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Now I am almost convinced this is a Hitler post that I must have missed but I saw these pics on another website so had to share just in case - I have no other details other than someone was still riding it and it appears to be a curvy SV...

Looks ok to me?!

thats increadable, cant imagine how much effort woulda been needed to get it to go in the first place! looks like hes forgotten the spacer or has put them both on the other side of the wheel, but thats amazing

You'd think they would have noticed the noise it made, or the sluggish performance...Sorry, more sluggish than usual... was it a girl? or was it a septic?

[_Stretchie_]

OH MY GOD!

Why would you do that?? This has got to be a future candidate for the Darwin awards.. The only reason I can think of why someone would do this is to put in a wider section tyre maybe??

If it was just a spacer thng surley you'd think. "Well it was ok when I took the wheel out, and now I can't put it back in because someone has moved the swing arm over and the brake caliper too..."

Someone's put the YTS lad onto this at the local bike garage haevn't they
; )

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by Razor

You'd think they would have noticed the noise it made, or the sluggish performance...Sorry, more sluggish than usual... was it a girl? or was it a septic?

Someone has cut that out mate. That's an angle grinder job (or a REALLY long dremel job)

[Luckypants]

Looks like the cush drive assembly is loose, you can see the cush rubbers. Someone has forgotten to do up the nuts or they have failed.


He needs to lube his chain to, should have fitted a Scottoiler!

[_Stretchie_]

Oh, and it's not a BlackBird either

; )

[jambo]

A shiny English pound says it's missing the spacer on the left side of the wheel. The wheel can then move on the axel to have contact, and given the lack of force pinching the hub in, the sprocket carrier is free to move out exposing the cush drive.

But I'm stunned that the noise / knocking didn't warrant attention.

Jambo

[yorkie_chris]

That's mad. I reckon damage in use rather than deliberate though. I reckon they forgot the spacer.

Originally Posted by _Stretchie_

Someone has cut that out mate. That's an angle grinder job (or a REALLY long dremel job)

Nope that is the Nuts on the Sprocket carrier wearing through , you can see it has worn in a circular pattern , if it was gradual , they wouldn`t notice much difference to be honest and Aluminium is so soft that the damage could have been done in minutes . Imagine leaving a tyre fitting place and hearing a funny noise as you are on the motorway , you decide to investigate the swooshing noise you hear from the back when you get home , by the time you are in the driveway , it`s borroxed .

The sprocket carrier has worked it`s way over millimetre by millimetre , eventually wearing through the swingarm .