Fletch
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Check out these pics of my chain. I just noticed last night that MANY chain rollers were completely missing from my chain! That can't be good lol. There are some broken rollers on their way out in the pics too.
So what is causing this?
My theory is that it is either:
A) Just a crappy stock chain that went bad after 350 miles (doubt this one because of the severity of damage)
B) Sprocket is eating the chain up on at least a couple teeth. If I roll chain backwards it pops on sprocket. I thought this was bad alignment, then realized it was just on a couple teeth and only when the chain moves backwards (which is strange). Forward movement and riding is perfectly smooth. No popping or chain jumping?
C) I had a fairly loose spring tensioner which allowed for whipping of the chain. The whipping action caused this somehow. I'm switching to the stock tensioner now.
What do you guys think? If it is the sprocket teeth on the wheel, what should I look for (ie. what do I do?). I've been known to go nuts with a dremel so I don't want to guess at it. (It just now occurred to me that it may be the drive sprocket as well?)
It's the stock 415 chain....
Thanks!
So what is causing this?
My theory is that it is either:
A) Just a crappy stock chain that went bad after 350 miles (doubt this one because of the severity of damage)
B) Sprocket is eating the chain up on at least a couple teeth. If I roll chain backwards it pops on sprocket. I thought this was bad alignment, then realized it was just on a couple teeth and only when the chain moves backwards (which is strange). Forward movement and riding is perfectly smooth. No popping or chain jumping?
C) I had a fairly loose spring tensioner which allowed for whipping of the chain. The whipping action caused this somehow. I'm switching to the stock tensioner now.
What do you guys think? If it is the sprocket teeth on the wheel, what should I look for (ie. what do I do?). I've been known to go nuts with a dremel so I don't want to guess at it. (It just now occurred to me that it may be the drive sprocket as well?)
It's the stock 415 chain....
Thanks!