Noise after chain adjustment.

Hi Peeps,

Yesterday, i had my chain tightened from 50mm to 30mm as the book shows, however I'm more aware of chain noise now than before, Is this normal ?

Also, I'm running 36/42psi and for the first time today, can say i could actually feel what was happening with the bike, would you say that this is me relaxing more or is it likely to be due the the chain being at the correct tension.

Cheers

Rob.

Did you adjusted while someone was sitting on the bike ? this could be causing the chain noise cause if you didnt the chain will be too tight as you need to adjust with the back of the bike pushed down otherwise you can wreck your wheel and front sproket bearing . Been there done that

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by svdaz

Did you adjusted while someone was sitting on the bike ?

You read the manual?

yeah i did, spoken to 3 mechanics from 3 dif garages over the 9 years ive been riding and they recommend it, the reason is that the chain tightens when you have weight on the back and when the supension compresses over bumps, if the chain is too tight can cause more damage than a looser 1.

[yorkie_chris]

So you disagree that the slack recommended by the manual on the sidestand is sufficient to leave some slack when the suspension goes through its full arc?

I've taken the spring off a shock and worked the suspension through its full range and I can tell you that is not what caused your problems. I checked this at 35mm of free play on the sidestand. There would be more on the abba stand.

I adjust mine to have more slack than that with the rear wheel unloaded because it is repeatable.

this happened when bike was about yr old ajdusted to the manual thought things were fine for couple of days untill a noise appeared took to garage and they showed me that the chain was way too tight while being sat on. other thing is too look out for tight spots and adjust the slack to the tightest part of the chain

[yorkie_chris]

It can be as tight as you want when it is being sat on... so long as there is not zero slack when the swingarm angle is zero.

The chain was adjusted whilst on the side stand as per the Haynes, but i took it up to 30mm, so maybe slacken of 5mm.

Rob.

[yorkie_chris]

35mm is good. Better a little bit slack than tight.

[DarrenSV650S]

Haynes says 20mm doesn't it?