Another snapped chain!!
 

Yet again just as everything was going fine this happens:

Firstly the seat release cable snapped underneath the seat, so i have to strip the underside down, bugger!

I decide not to let it bother me and ill go out for a blast, to cheer myself up!

I get to about 80, after slowing down, just about to get to the roundabout, and i loose all power and hear a grinding noise!

On looking down, the chain is rubbing my swingarm up!! Double Bugger! (This is the third one) On a 600 Monster??

On closer inspection the chain link had snapped on one side, throwing it off the sprocket (Taking a couple of teeth with it).

The damage 2 knackered and one powdercoated swingarm complete with scratches and grooves!!

I have 2 spare swingarms but i a looking for a 900 alloy jobbie if anyone has one!

Cheers

Yorkie

Not too P***ed off!! All my chains are well lubed and adjusted well??

[Edited on 8-4-2006 by yorkie]

Make?

Little monster!!

Yorkie.

Little monster always were a crap chain manufacturer :P:P

Is there an alignment problem or are you (maybe) running it a bit on the tight side ?

The ST's need a bit of extra chain slack if you are a heftyish sort of rider, the 2 and 3 if adjusted to spec are very tight two up with luggage.

Chain was DID with renthal alloy sprockets, adjusted to spec and checked (Alignment) on the last MOT, last week!!

All was fine till i rolled it out of the garage, im thinking shaft driven for a change!!

(NOT)

Yorkie.

Get Tsubaki drive ;)

With all due respect, Yorkie you must be doing something wrong to be suffering this problem so often - it's too much of a coincidence - or you have a mechanical problem somewhere that is killing the chains.

Whereabouts in North Yorks are you?

Well its not too much power!!

Near Ripon!

Yorkie.

Ah righto. Would you like a 2nd pair of eyes to help you? I'm in Darlington.

Ill drop you a PM, hopefully i will have the set by Tuesday!!

Yorkie.

No worries. :)

what a suprise, another DID chain failure!:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

bad luck mate, advice to everyone: AVOID did chains! as nelly says: TSUBAKI!:eureka:

[Edited on 8-4-2006 by chillo]

Never had a problem with them myself. Are they having a bad time?

Sorry to hear about you run of BAD LUCK.
Those Tsubaki chains, do they need a special fitting tool ?

I have a DID chain on mine now I did have a EK break on me last year ! and it smashed the crankcase like it normaly does on the 996

:mad::mad::mad:


Has anyone got any news on the protector plates that some one was going to get made as I still want to buy one !

Age

Well EK are even worse than DID!


[real-life check] I've never had any chain break on me (and God knows, my sympathies to those who have), but I found EK didn't last for any time at all compared to DID.
Nowadays I stick to Afam (which may or may not be the same as some other make, I don't know),which I've found last much longer than anything else. [/real-life check]

My first one went on the way to Matlock (Sorry Ray)110 mph on the M1.

The second one i found when cleaning the chain by hand!

This one is history 80ish !!

Nuts! Time for a change!

Yorkie.

Many thanks to John Warrington for sorting me out with a paddock stand and ordering the sprocket set! Top bloke!

Yorkie.