Tension Roller Tweaks

thats my plan with the chain tensioner when i get the engine side of the chain right the crank side is to lose so i take out a link and now its to tight i tried a half link also still to tight or to loose ill use the chain tensioner on the crank side instead of on the engine side see how that works larry ca
 
Tensoner on pedal side

So put the tensoner on the side with the bicycle chain not the engine side. That sounds like a good idea.
 
Steve said:
bird said:
why dont u just take it off completely and put a different sized sproket on the peddeling side of the wheel to change the tension of the peddeling chain to match the drive chain.

Bird, personally, I think that would be a "hit or miss" type of thing, involve a lot of work, and has the potential to never come out right, i.e. is two additional teeth too much, or too little?

its actually pretty easy if you have the right parts.
your coaster break sproket might have an even number of teeth on it and your chains dont have equal tension on them, take the coaster break sproket and replace it with a sproket with an odd number of teeth then take your chain and break it to the correct length and both of your chains will be even.

it sounds kinda confusing but keep in mind if you have a sproket with an even number of teeth you have to change to an odd and if you have a sproket with and odd number of teeth you have to change to an even or your just making the chain smaller and you will still have to much slack on once side and not enough on the other.
 
bird said:
Steve said:
bird said:
why dont u just take it off completely and put a different sized sproket on the peddeling side of the wheel to change the tension of the peddeling chain to match the drive chain.

Bird, personally, I think that would be a "hit or miss" type of thing, involve a lot of work, and has the potential to never come out right, i.e. is two additional teeth too much, or too little?

its actually pretty easy if you have the right parts.
your coaster break sproket might have an even number of teeth on it and your chains dont have equal tension on them, take the coaster break sproket and replace it with a sproket with an odd number of teeth then take your chain and break it to the correct length and both of your chains will be even.

it sounds kinda confusing but keep in mind if you have a sproket with an even number of teeth you have to change to an odd and if you have a sproket with and odd number of teeth you have to change to an even or your just making the chain smaller and you will still have to much slack on once side and not enough on the other.


That was too easy. :LOL: :LOL:
 
here is a pic of my bike and another with both chains even and no tensioner. ohh and i wouldnt try doing this unless you realy know what your doing.

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I had to come up with a creative way to take the slap out of my chain. I have one of the Poo Poo Pipes that Grubee had awhile back. On top of having to tweak a couple of bends to get it to fit properly, once it was in place there was no longer anyplace for my tentioner. I had been experimenting with using a ghost ring on the pedal side just becaust I thought it looked cool. Well when I had my new pipe in place and more chain slap than I was comfortable ridding with I remembered I had an extra 22t cog laying around and decided to try it. I have around 300 miles with it in place and for the most part no problems. It has popped out a couple of times but no big deal. Heres a couple of pics...Kelly
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bird said:
Steve said:
bird said:
why dont u just take it off completely and put a different sized sproket on the peddeling side of the wheel to change the tension of the peddeling chain to match the drive chain.

Bird, personally, I think that would be a "hit or miss" type of thing, involve a lot of work, and has the potential to never come out right, i.e. is two additional teeth too much, or too little?

its actually pretty easy if you have the right parts.
your coaster break sproket might have an even number of teeth on it and your chains dont have equal tension on them, take the coaster break sproket and replace it with a sproket with an odd number of teeth then take your chain and break it to the correct length and both of your chains will be even.

it sounds kinda confusing but keep in mind if you have a sproket with an even number of teeth you have to change to an odd and if you have a sproket with and odd number of teeth you have to change to an even or your just making the chain smaller and you will still have to much slack on once side and not enough on the other.

Bird,

Yes, I understand how to do it, that's not an issue. I just feel like it's too mucy trial and error to suite me, and getting all the different sized sprokets is also something I wouldn't want to deal with. Yes, basically, I'm lazy. :D
 
Steve said:
Bird,

Yes, I understand how to do it, that's not an issue. I just feel like it's too mucy trial and error to suite me, and getting all the different sized sprokets is also something I wouldn't want to deal with. Yes, basically, I'm lazy. :D
I agree Steve. From one lazy old fart to another, easy is good and having the tensioner on the crank side saves all that dinking around with sprockets, half links, and stuff. I had both chains adjusted the same for a while (and it was a pain in the ass by the way) but after a few miles the engine drive chain stretched some and it was loose compared to the crank chain again.

Also, proper alignment of the front and rear sprocket is very important and sometimes in an effort to get both chains tight you can end up with the rear sprocket not running true to the front.

The weather is still warm here so I think I'll switch the tensioner over this weekend and give it a try. I still have a shorter drive chain left over from my earlier attempt to get them the same.
 
nogoodnic42 said:
I had to come up with a creative way to take the slap out of my chain. I have one of the Poo Poo Pipes that Grubee had awhile back. On top of having to tweak a couple of bends to get it to fit properly, once it was in place there was no longer anyplace for my tentioner. I had been experimenting with using a ghost ring on the pedal side just becaust I thought it looked cool. Well when I had my new pipe in place and more chain slap than I was comfortable ridding with I remembered I had an extra 22t cog laying around and decided to try it. I have around 300 miles with it in place and for the most part no problems. It has popped out a couple of times but no big deal. Heres a couple of pics...Kelly
img0295zx9.jpg


so this ghost ring, does it just sit in there and spin away with nothing but chain tension holding it in place?
 
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