Chain needs to be 1/2 link shorter :-\

[Dr. Overkill]

Gang,

I bought a new chain for my wife's '02. (Got new sprockets, too). I dropped to a 13 tooth front. The shop cut the chain (a Regina gold) to stock length, but it was so long that I nearly bottomed out the adjusters trying to get the slack within specs.

 

So I removed one more link from the chain, and now I can't get the bastich on because it's too short! I adjusted the bearing carrier as far forward as it would go, and I just couldn't get the master link on. So it's back to the shop to buy another master link and lengthen back to where I started.

 

So what's the deal? Do I have to live with a chain that starts life at the very end of the adjustment, and hope it stretches enough to allow me to remove a link later on? I ran a 13-tooth front on a previous bike and I don't remember having to crank the adjusters all the way in like this.

 

Advice welcomed. Thanks!

_dennis

[strokersquid]

you can find half links but ive never used one

[korndawg]

You can run a half link, but I wouldn't suggest doing it for very long, since half-links are weak as hell, and tend to break. If I were you, I'd ditch the half-link as soon as the chain streches enough for it to fit without it.

[Ruko]

I had that same problem so I went in there with a die grinder and extended the slots in the swingarm about 1/4 inch so I have enough adjustment to use the shortened chain...

[Justintoxicated]

next time buy a DID X ring chain.

 

it is ok to botem out the adjusters to get the chain in spec, you can always remove a link later.

 

However you should be able to adjust out one link pretty easy... probably even 2.

Edited November 14, 2005 by Justintoxicated

[dawarriorman]

next time buy a DID X ring chain.

 

it is ok to botem out the adjusters to get the chain in spec, you can always remove a link later.

 

However you should be able to adjust out one link pretty easy... probably even 2.

436955[/snapback]

Same thing happened to me when I bought my DID xring. It was too long at first, so I cut a link out, and it was damn near too short. It had about a 1/4 inch of slack, maybe. Worked out though, Ive only had to adjust it twice in the past couple of years

[wayfst]

grind out the slots and be done with it.

[Dr. Overkill]

Ok, so I ground out the slots about 1/4" as suggested. Still not enough, can't get the master link in. Ground out another 1/8" or so, but then realized that the bearing carrier was bottomed out, so my extra grinding was for naught

 

So I think the reason that I'm having trouble getting this thing to fit with the extra link removed, even with the adjuster slots lengthened, is because I have a chain slider on it. It holds the chain up higher than the stock roller on the swingarm, and probably puts just enough tension on the sucker to keep me from getting the master link on. I'm like 1/8" away from it fitting

 

So I bought another master link and am putting back to where I started, and now the chain will be so long that the adjusters will be bottomed out. Hope that thing stretches a bit, but the guy who sold it to me said the Regina's don't stretch nearly as much as other brands

 

This bike is turning the simplest of projects into flippin' ordeals

_d

[willow2679]

Have the exact same problem don

[MDS2106]

Same thing happened to me I ended up dropping one tooth on the back sprocket

[Nightrider]

I ran into the same problem after I installed a upp slide kit.I could only run a 13/41 for about a month,thats when the chain would stretch beyond adjustment.So I jumped to a 13/42 which left me ample adjustment.The 13/42 was a good combo for 22's and trail.