hi guys - I was fooling around with my bike today, trying to get it going. Last time I tried, I wedged the chain between the engine and the engine sprocket.
Anyway, in the last little while, I have spent a bit of time looking at and working with the drive chain. I shortened the drive chain so it would fit without using a tensioner. That's a good thing, but the chain is still coming off when I try to start the engine. I have noticed a few other things that are preventing me from going for a ride. They are :
rear wheel is warped - My rear wheel twisted up after I added the sprocket to it. I noticed this the day after I attached the sprocket to the wheel, but I figured I might as well try and see if it would work as is. It looks like the rear wheel has about 1" of wobble when I spin it, and the rear sprocket itself has about 1/4" of wobble to it. Should I bring the wheel to a bike shop to have the spokes added/adjusted and the wheel straightened ? Or would a replacement wheel be in order ?
the shimano gear changer fits on the rear axle and wants to fall off everytime I try to adjust/space the rear wheel - I don't know if this changer is put on correctly, but it has a C shaped opening where it fits onto the rear axle. Because of the orientation of the changer, this C-shaped opening is such that the open part of the bracket faces up. It wants to fall off of the axle, if the right axle nut is anything but tight. This is making adjusting of the rear wheel really difficult. Do I have this assembled correctly ? I was thinking of bringing the changer to work and welding a washer to it, so it no longer has an open slot and can't fall off when I loosen the axle.
what do you guys figure ?
Anyway, in the last little while, I have spent a bit of time looking at and working with the drive chain. I shortened the drive chain so it would fit without using a tensioner. That's a good thing, but the chain is still coming off when I try to start the engine. I have noticed a few other things that are preventing me from going for a ride. They are :
rear wheel is warped - My rear wheel twisted up after I added the sprocket to it. I noticed this the day after I attached the sprocket to the wheel, but I figured I might as well try and see if it would work as is. It looks like the rear wheel has about 1" of wobble when I spin it, and the rear sprocket itself has about 1/4" of wobble to it. Should I bring the wheel to a bike shop to have the spokes added/adjusted and the wheel straightened ? Or would a replacement wheel be in order ?
the shimano gear changer fits on the rear axle and wants to fall off everytime I try to adjust/space the rear wheel - I don't know if this changer is put on correctly, but it has a C shaped opening where it fits onto the rear axle. Because of the orientation of the changer, this C-shaped opening is such that the open part of the bracket faces up. It wants to fall off of the axle, if the right axle nut is anything but tight. This is making adjusting of the rear wheel really difficult. Do I have this assembled correctly ? I was thinking of bringing the changer to work and welding a washer to it, so it no longer has an open slot and can't fall off when I loosen the axle.
what do you guys figure ?