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Beno
20th March 2006, 23:59
Hi all...
I want to learn to adjust my own chain (GSF250)......what tools etc?...any links or advice would be great...cheers:niceone:
Shadows
21st March 2006, 00:37
This link tells all from somebody extremely pedantic.

http://groups.google.co.nz/group/rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread/36791911b0209532/abd0c629fc3568de%23abd0c629fc3568de

I don't worry about checking front/rear wheel alignment with string, I just make sure that I have turned the adjusters exactly the same number of part turns from the same reference point on the swing arm on each side.
Shadows
21st March 2006, 00:41
Another one...

http://home.stny.rr.com/jhugh250/Chain%20Adj/Chain_adjustment.htm
Gremlin
21st March 2006, 00:44
I used this doc, from pyrocam, helped me the first time I tried tightening my chain.

Just make sure you also remove any lock pins before you undo the nuts.
ZeroIndex
21st March 2006, 02:30
I just looked around the back of my bike, grabbed the provided under-seat toolkit, looked carefully at the nuts, and adjusted them until the chain was properly tightened... Oh I LOVE BIKES SOOOOOO MUCH, so nice and easy to fix (so far...)
Beno
21st March 2006, 18:59
Cheers guys....thats umm, embarrassingly easy eh!....i'm on the road to Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance..
ZeroIndex
21st March 2006, 19:09
Cheers guys....thats umm, embarrassingly easy eh!....i'm on the road to Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance..
Yeah, even I'm finding motorcycle maintenance easy... one thing i thought that would be tricky, but was not at all, was replacing a clutch cable...
pyrocam
30th March 2006, 14:03
I used this doc, from pyrocam, helped me the first time I tried tightening my chain.

Just make sure you also remove any lock pins before you undo the nuts.

mint. didnt think many people noticed that
Harry33
30th March 2006, 16:16
mint. didnt think many people noticed that


I just did great pdf pyrocam:niceone:
pyrocam
30th March 2006, 16:29
I just did great pdf pyrocam:niceone:
ohmigod. I just read it again to see if it needed updating and I contradicted myself. :shit: I said put your chain on its tightest point then said 'ok so now your chain is at its loosest point'

here is an updated version with that minor bit fixed
pritch
30th March 2006, 21:23
I don't worry about checking front/rear wheel alignment with string, I just make sure that I have turned the adjusters exactly the same number of part turns from the same reference point on the swing arm on each side.

That's OK as long as you aware that those marks are not at all reliable.
You need to check with a straight edge or line to verify the marks are correct before you can trust them.