rear sprocket guard

[Meat]

The /XC setup used for the brake rotor side is a chunk of that hard urethane plastic that bolts to the skidplate mounts on the swingarm. Its small and fits tight to the brake rotor. GT Thunder sells em, they recommend mounting the plastic skid close to your brake rotor so that the rotor actually cuts a groove into the plastic guard.

 

GT Thunder has dual sprocket guards too. One aluminum plate on each side of the sprocket. The bitch about this setup is mud and crap gets jammed in there and it breaks the chain. So to defeat the chain breaking mud, you have to buy another part called 'the guard dog' that is like a little brush that mounts in front of the dual sprocket guards and it keeps the system clear and clean of debris.

 

One bitch about the sprocket guards is they add rotating mass. The ones made by LoneStar are stainless steel and they feel pretty heavy. The dual sprocket guards sold by GT Thunder are made of aluminum but since there's two of em, they prolly weight around the same weight as the single LoneStar. LoneStar does not make a dual sprocket guard.

 

There are guys that have made their own sprocket guards and cut them in the shape of a circular saw blade. It might sound like a gimmick, but the damn sprocket guards 'teeth' can be used to propel the quad over a big log or some kinda obstacle. Its not the greatest idea, but its better than just a standard circular sprocket guard that doesn't have any 'teeth'. I think its KTM that sells sprocket guards with 'teeth'. You can order em from KTM like Yamaha's GYTR parts.

 

Oh and Im thinking that once this topic slows down, I'm going to move it over to the 'Repairs and Mods" section. I'd consider this a 'mod'.

 

Here's GT Thunder's poly rotor guard

 

And here's GT Thunders dual sprocket guards

 

 

 

Here's BlingStars model with some 'teeth'

[boneyardbanshee.]

 

Here's BlingStars model with some 'teeth'

 

That's awesome, back to the drawing board. Thanks Meat, great info as always.

[trail rider]

wow thanks for the extra info for this thread meat. you know, I never thought about making the sprocket guard have "teeth", the first thing I think of the sprocket guard protecting against is hitting rocks and stuff, and I figured the teeth would probably break off or something from hitting rocks. but when I try and ride fast through rough rocky sections, I pick my lines so that I dont high side and bottom out on the spricket/brake disc, and if its really big rocks, I slow down enough to where I wont break nothing if I do hit/scrape the rear end.

 

I think what im gonna try is get about a 43 or 44t sprocket and bolt it on the inside of the sprocket hub and try it out for a sprocket guard. all I gotta do is remove the studs from the hub and use some longer bolts and nuts. if anybody has a worn out old rear sprocket they'd like to sell cheap send me a pm. I got a 41T on mine, so I probably need a 43 or 44T to be big enough.