I plan on changing the sprockets and chain on the wee tonight. I had a few questions.
Everything I read says to grind the heads off the pins on the old chain before using the D.I.D type chain tool. If I am grinding the heads off already why would I even mess with the tool? Why wouldn’t I just grind the chain in half? What am I missing here?
I keep reading about proper chain alignment and the chain alignment tool. Isn’t that what the little tick marks on the side of the swing arm are for? If I Make sure they are even and I am good to go , right?
In this instance I am changing both sprockets and chains because I rode a pretty good ways with the chain shot. Do you change both sprockets every time you change the chain? Surely the back one doesn’t wear as fast as the front since it's way larger .
When you measure sag is it as simple as pushing the lower portion of the chain up and then down and measuring the difference from the bottom of the chain?
I will avoid asking about chain cleaning and Lube as the DID Chain Package Maintenance section and the DID Chain Cleaning and lubrication manual cleared all that up for me
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Everything I read says to grind the heads off the pins on the old chain before using the D.I.D type chain tool. If I am grinding the heads off already why would I even mess with the tool? Why wouldn’t I just grind the chain in half? What am I missing here?
I keep reading about proper chain alignment and the chain alignment tool. Isn’t that what the little tick marks on the side of the swing arm are for? If I Make sure they are even and I am good to go , right?
In this instance I am changing both sprockets and chains because I rode a pretty good ways with the chain shot. Do you change both sprockets every time you change the chain? Surely the back one doesn’t wear as fast as the front since it's way larger .
When you measure sag is it as simple as pushing the lower portion of the chain up and then down and measuring the difference from the bottom of the chain?
I will avoid asking about chain cleaning and Lube as the DID Chain Package Maintenance section and the DID Chain Cleaning and lubrication manual cleared all that up for me