Chaingang chains and sprockets?

[chop]

Has anyone had any experiance with these? are they any good?

[rijekaz]

Done a few, it's fairly easy.

Put bike on centre stand.

1/ First you need to straighten out the lock washer on the front sprocket then loosen the nut these can be on real tight I usually jam something between the rear sprocket and swingarm to get it loose.

2/ Undo rear axle nut and take the old chain off.

3/ Remove rear axle and the wheel will come off.

4/ Remove front sprocket.

5/ Remove old rear sprocket.

6/ Replace rear sprocket with new one, use locktite on the hex nuts.

7/ Replace front sprocket with new one hopefully you can still use the old lock washer but if it's stuffed you need a new one.

8/ Grease rear axle and put the rear wheel back on.

9/ Fit new chain and adjust accordingly.

You should be good to go.

[cooneyr]

Has anyone had any experiance with these? are they any good?

Ask me in three years - I just got a rear sprocket for the DR650. Chaingang dont make chains only resell EK, RK and DID but they do do counter shaft and rear sprockets and brake disks.

Warewolf swears by the sprockets as do Dirt Action Services guys in Chch.

Cheers R

[rijekaz]

Might need some glasses.

[Quicker_with_age]

Might need some glasses.

lol I also read it as "Changing chain and sprockets" at first, easy mistake!!!

[warewolf]

Ask me in three years - I just got a rear sprocket for the DR650. Chaingang dont make chains only resell EK, RK and DID but they do do counter shaft and rear sprockets and brake disks.

Warewolf swears by the sprockets as do Dirt Action Services guys in Chch.

What he said.

There's no doubting the quality; they are legendary tough but pricey. They make the rears but import the highest grade fronts from Europe. The rears are definitely worth the money, but some of the fronts are much more expensive, probably cheaper to source high-grade fronts locally and replace them as they wear.

The rear on my 640 has done 18,000km and it's still going (compared with 6,000km on OEM alloy). It's worn out 2x ChainGang fronts, 1x RK GXW XW-ring chain, and had 2000km on a Regina Z-ring chain. That bike does a lot of road miles and I get the impression that the ChainGang sprockets show up their best in horrid conditions. I've rooted a set of KTM OEM steel sprockets on the 200EXC in 900km/24 hours use, but most of that's been in multi-hour enduros where the drive train stays filthy. I ran the KTM stuff to get a benchmark against the ChainGang but now wish I hadda just bought the good stuff to start with... partly 'cos the South Pacific Rouble has dived against the Aussie dollar since then.

ChainGang web site.