Primary Chain
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: New Albany, Ms.
Tsubaki
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tsubaki-Prim...item4cfcbbe12e
Don't know strength of this one , but when I have to replace mine, it will be a Tsubaki. I've run their o-ring final drive chains , for years & can't wear em out.
Ride safe,
Harold
Don't know strength of this one , but when I have to replace mine, it will be a Tsubaki. I've run their o-ring final drive chains , for years & can't wear em out.
Ride safe,
Harold
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Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
So I was just looking to go back in with the strongest chain I could get.
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From: Upstate New York
How exactly do you know it's "stretched"? Run out of adjustment? For the record, chains don't really "stretch", they elongate from wear between the pins and bushings.
I've never run a primary tensioner, and have never had a problem with primary chain stretch. I rarely have to adjust the chain, and I replace it any time I have the primary open after 40,000 miles on the chain.
I've never run a primary tensioner, and have never had a problem with primary chain stretch. I rarely have to adjust the chain, and I replace it any time I have the primary open after 40,000 miles on the chain.
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From: Bedford UK
Uncle G, you've actually put your own finger on the answer! As the pins wear the pitch of the chain gets longer, so that eventually adjacent rollers don't sit properly down in the teeth, as they pass round a sprocket.
On my own bike, when installing my 107" engine, the teeth of the compensator were beginning to get sharp, because the chain had stretched and the rollers were catching the tips of the teeth. We changed both, but the clutch sprocket was fine.
On my own bike, when installing my 107" engine, the teeth of the compensator were beginning to get sharp, because the chain had stretched and the rollers were catching the tips of the teeth. We changed both, but the clutch sprocket was fine.
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Dirt don't hurt
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From: Haslet Texas
How exactly do you know it's "stretched"? Run out of adjustment? For the record, chains don't really "stretch", they elongate from wear between the pins and bushings.
I've never run a primary tensioner, and have never had a problem with primary chain stretch. I rarely have to adjust the chain, and I replace it any time I have the primary open after 40,000 miles on the chain.
I've never run a primary tensioner, and have never had a problem with primary chain stretch. I rarely have to adjust the chain, and I replace it any time I have the primary open after 40,000 miles on the chain.
Stretch and elongate are just about the same thing aren't they?
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From: WyoBraska (Western Nebraska)
Yep, pretty much. Mines getting replaced this winter as it has stretched/elongated to the point I have very little adjustment left. 75,000 miles on it (OEM): it's due.