Ducati Sporting Club UK > Model Specific - Discussion, Technical Problems and Help > 998 / 996 / 916 / 748 > chain snapped...case cracked

[joe748]

was wondering if this has happened to anyone here? theres a crack just above the sprocket cover with oil leaking out

anyone any idea of the cost for getting this fixed

cheers,
joe

it's a 02 998 by the way

[Edited on 23-4-2006 by joe748]

[Edited on 23-4-2006 by joe748]

[Iconic944ss]

Sadly, its just too strange that only early this morning I wanted to search down the crank case protector that had been mentioned here in the past.

Bad luck and hope that you were ok.

previous posts:

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/xm....php?tid=22890

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/xm....php?tid=20223

Good luck - Frank
DSC Webteam

[Rick]

Sorry about your BAD luck, what make of chain was it ?
Hope things arent too bad

[m1keyp]

Sorry to hear your news

Ducati (very cleverly) discontinued the chain protector.

Someone was looking into making them

[stu 748]

Hiya guys if someone has a decent picture or a crankcase protector or a sample i can get some of these made if its of any interest to you guys, i think i will get one made for my bike anyway if a broken chain causes that much damage to the engine
Stu

[doogalman]

stu748, If you do manage to make some. I would be up for one aswell. had thought about knocking one up. getting a bit fed up of reading these posts and not being prepared.

[Rick]

We should make a list of all the BRANDS that are snapping, as I will be buying a new chain VERY soon.

[m1keyp]

Hi Stu

Many people will be interested the post below includes the item required, count me in please

http://www.ducatisportingclub.com/xm...0223#pid309054

[twpd]

Tbh imo chains snap for one reason mostly - poor maintenance or mal-adjustment. I know sometimes you get batches of bad chains but.....

I've seen some shocking examples of chain maintenance.

My Sprint RS chain is 3 years & 15k miles old, it has been adjusted twice. The one of my VFR750 went to 30k miles in 7 years with no more than a couple of adjustments as well.

Asides from oil/filter changes it's one of the most important maintenance items and one of the easiest to fug up. Putting small 14t gearbox sprockets on stresses them as well - best stick to 15t and go up on the rear sprocket instead if you want to gear the bike down.

[Jasper]

Sorry to here the news mate.I am in the middle of knocking up a few(10) crankcase protectors.