I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but i searched and couldnt find any real good write ups.
How hard is it to replace the chain and sprockets? I'm going to try and do it tomorrow, assuming i can get the parts.
My chain is all kindsa junk, its too tight in spots, and too loose in others. Impossible to get it adjusted right.
Bike has 43K on it, and i have no clue how old the chain is, so i figure its time, before it explodes off the bike and kills me.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
not hard...get a set of bolt cutters or a grinder and cut your stock chain off...the rest is just wrench work.
Quote from: makenzie71 on August 24, 2006, 07:53:10 PM
not hard...get a set of bolt cutters or a grinder and cut your stock chain off...the rest is just wrench work.
If im replacing the sprockets too, do i even need to bother with that?
I havent decided if im going to actually relace them, im not sure if i need too. Ill have a closer look tomorrow in the light.
Are sprockets expensive?
If you have the stock steelies then it's iffy...it's not always detrimental to replace them but without replacing the entire assembly (chain and sprockets) wear of the new stuff will be accelerated. It's not hard and a financial inabillity is the only reason not to...but you can get new sprockets for $50 and a roller chain for $15 so it's not like it's an expensive proceedure.
I was gonna get a o-ring chain, like ive got now. Those things are a tad more expensive.
Anyone know of anyplace to get a cheap o-ring chain? mine's almost shot too.
ebay..persoanlly I'd say to hell with the o-rings and buy a roller. Any honda joint will hook you up with a roller for $15~20. Better chains, too...but that will be subject to individual opinion.
Other than the cost, what is the advantage of a roller over an o-ring? I thought that the O-rings were supposed to last so much longer that the rollers that the extra cost (two to three times?) was worth it. My bike has almost 21,000 miles on it and I've had it since 9,000 and haven't replaced the chain yet, it may be original. I think that's probally pretty good for a chain. How dose the roller stak up?
Longevity is inversely prportional to a lack of maintanance...for either variety. I've taken 2000 mile X-ring chains off CBR's that were burned to shaZam!...and I've taken 30k+ rollers off early 80's and late 70's GS's and XJ's that wee good enough to put back on. No...it's the user that makes a difference.
Rollers = less friction, less weight, less cost + much more maintanance
rings = more friction, more weight, more money + virtually no maintanance
well, nobody has the parts locally, so im gonna have to order them.
I just went out there to check it out, and im not entirely comfortable doing it, so im just gonna take it to the shop.
Theres a local shop here that i really trust, and has fantastic prices.
screw the shop...fantastic prices are too much to pay for such simple work. Where are you located? I'll get someone with know-how in touch with you to show the how's-n-where's of the whole process.