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Funky wrote:Just put it on mate, it's easy. Get a tape measure and measure the length of thread you have showing at the end of the swing arm and adjust the nuts dependent making sure you don't overtighten or loosen the chain too much. If I had my bike I'd come over and help ya mate!

If you are going to do it that way Spunky, you might as well use the marks on the adjusters Any inaccuracy that exists in the swingarm that affects the chain adjustment is in either the side spars being welded unequally or the adjuster blocks being welded slightly differently. To overcome that you need to measure between swingarm pivot and wheel spindle In measuring the length of thread exposed in the adjusters all you are doing is comparing them to the very end of the swingarm, with all the errors built in

Think i might just glue it on

I've got a welder

Well just spent 2 hours trying it and it isnt to be, i can get chain slack right but then the wheel doesnt align, right now i feel like chucking my bike in the bin

mate dont dispair, it will go ok, just take your time. go have a cup of tea and chill out a while, then come back to it.

Get the wheel dead straight first of all, then just do 1/8th, or even 1/16th of a turn adjustment on the adjuster nuts - do each side of the swingarm in turn. ie 1/8th turn LHS, 1/8th turn RHS untill the tensions right

keep the spindle nut relatively tight too, but not so tight that it stops the adjusters pulling the spindle

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Jace i had the same trouble years ago on a AR 125. Couldn't find for the life of me what was wrong with it. Got it on in the end but it wouldn't sit square.

Got it aligned the best i could but not great.

Found out what the prob was the next morning on the way to work when the rear wheel locked up and then started rattling around.

I had left out a SPACER

[quote="chris_1127"]mate dont dispair, it will go ok, just take your time. go have a cup of tea and chill out a while, then come back to it.

That is the best advice ever. I was told years ago that if you're tring to do a job on your bike and it's not going right, then take a brake and grab a coffee. Sit down, go thru the manual if needed, then go back to the job all nice and fresh.

If I had never been given this advice I think a lot of my bikes would have had hammer marks in the tank

I guess that applies to anything you're trying to do that's not going right.

Got to agree with the time out advice.

This is why i had left the spacer out. In the frustration i wasn't thinking straight and so the spacer had dropped out and i didn't even notice.

I now double check everything before doing final tightenings.

Stay calm dude.

Moose very kindly came over to mine this morning to help me with the wheel. Its now better but the reason for the snagging was a worn chain. Gonna go CMS on Wednesday now to buy chain, front sprocket-1 tooth down, brake lever and maybe some fairing give it a nice clean upthen and things should look a bit better

Cheers Moose

Spent some dosh on the bike earlier

New chain- IRIS GOLD RACING...
Sprockets- Gearbox and Rear- 14 tooth instead of 16
Brake lever
Bulb
Fairing
Other bits

So should get it back to the way it was soon.

Just need to find a way of getting this chain off now