so when the belt is off and you rotate the jack-shaft, how tight do you all like to run it.
Now mine has about 5-8 degrees of slop in the shaft.
This "Tighten to Finger Tightness" could vary from about four inch pounds to probably 13 foot pounds.
thx
Now mine has about 5-8 degrees of slop in the shaft.
This "Tighten to Finger Tightness" could vary from about four inch pounds to probably 13 foot pounds.
thx
Silver Bullet
New member
I just checked both of my sleds chain after having a failure of the nut backing off of the top gear. So I just went through this same question. Because I had the cover off I was able to set the chain tension based upon chain deflection. I talked with many people and they mentioned to have about 1/4" of play in the chain between the gears. This allows for the chain not being too tight, but also not enough slop in the chain that it hits the chaincase either. What I also found was this is as tight as I could turn it with my fingers and then backed off just a tad - less than 1/8" of a turn. I did a few times and it was pretty consistent. On my other sled I actually had to use a wrench to turn the chain tensioner as the threads were pretty gummed up. That one I set my checking the chain deflection. Hope this gives you some advice.
Silver Bullet
Silver Bullet
With the ER you will have some slop.......
Thanks you two.
The reason I'm asking all, is that when letting off from WOT at anything above 80 I'm getting a loud "chain" noise or a noise from the holes in the rotor which I can stop by jabbing the brake. It's real loud and happens every time.
So I was trying to get opinions of chain tightness.
thanks
steve
The reason I'm asking all, is that when letting off from WOT at anything above 80 I'm getting a loud "chain" noise or a noise from the holes in the rotor which I can stop by jabbing the brake. It's real loud and happens every time.
So I was trying to get opinions of chain tightness.
thanks
steve