FrizzleFried
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You be you ... just be sure to come in and let us know how things are going a few hundred down the road...
I ended up using a half link to solve the chain slack issue. I kind of like the idea of an upper roller, but only if it acts like a guide. Sometimes my chain slaps the tire when freewheeling downhill.I would HIGHLY recommend removing a link though...
This could be accomplished by situating the top tensioner right at the upper chain when it's under tension then I would drop it by about 1/16" from that spot or so.....I ended up using a half link to solve the chain slack issue. I kind of like the idea of an upper roller, but only if it acts like a guide. Sometimes my chain slaps the tire when freewheeling downhill.
I wouldnt mind looking into trying a half link. Honestly never heard of that til nowI ended up using a half link to solve the chain slack issue. I kind of like the idea of an upper roller, but only if it acts like a guide. Sometimes my chain slaps the tire when freewheeling downhill.
You be you ... just be sure to come in and let us know how things are going a few hundred down the road...
but only if it acts like a guide.
The way it is at the moment, with tension on both ends, it will probably fail sooner rather than later...When it does, do not be surprised about just how much is going to fail along with the tensioner, things like spokes and wheel, rear sprocket, chain bind on the front drive sprocket, possible motor damage due to abrupt seizeing of the front drive sprocket, etc. etc.This could be accomplished by situating the top tensioner right at the upper chain when it's under tension then I would drop it by about 1/16" from that spot or so.....
They way it is at the moment, with tension on both ends, it will probably fail sooner rather than later...When it does, do not be surprised about just how much is going to fail along with the tensioner, things like spokes and wheel, rear sprocket, chain bind on the front drive sprocket, possible motor damage due to abrupt seizeing of the front drive sprocket, etc. etc.
You could probably just take the tension off the tensioner and then remove that half link by undoing the cotter pin and then just readjust the tensioner to have it fit better.Even with a half link there is still a lot of slack. look how close the upper and lower sections of chain run
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Would it work to run the chain under the tensioner pully?
No.Even with a half link there is still a lot of slack. look how close the upper and lower sections of chain run
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Would it work to run the chain under the tensioner pully?