BlueDestiny
New Member
I am having some difficulty getting the drive chain to fit properly. The problems are a huge amount of vertical play and the tensioner wheel being pulled sideways into the spokes.
Here is a picture of the vertical play. As you can see the chain goes way up and down, but despite that I can't seem to make it any shorter and still fit the tensioner.
Here I've tightened it as much as possible with just the tension pulley. It worked OK without the clutch.
But as soon as I engage the clutch and turn the wheel, it falters and yanks the pulley sideways, forcing the chain to rub against the tire.
The chain itself doesn't rest evenly on the pulley wheel, which might be causing it to pull inward.
Instead of being inline with the groove on the pulley like this: |I|
It sits at a slight angle like this: |\|
Here is a picture of the vertical play. As you can see the chain goes way up and down, but despite that I can't seem to make it any shorter and still fit the tensioner.
Here I've tightened it as much as possible with just the tension pulley. It worked OK without the clutch.
But as soon as I engage the clutch and turn the wheel, it falters and yanks the pulley sideways, forcing the chain to rub against the tire.
The chain itself doesn't rest evenly on the pulley wheel, which might be causing it to pull inward.
Instead of being inline with the groove on the pulley like this: |I|
It sits at a slight angle like this: |\|