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Chain Slack, Make/Model Specific???
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[QUOTE="Jaybird, post: 1300348, member: 22283"] Geometry will not let it happen like that. Especially since you have linkage that connects the swing arm to the frame. I would go through the procedure again. Make certain that you have the cs swing arm and rear shaft all in a straight plane. You should be able to line a yardstick edge up with the center of each item perfectly. If not, you are not there yet. Now, putting the swing arm in that position so you can work on it will mean one of two things...you either have to remove the shock, or you have to hold the swing arm in the correct position with a strap of some sort. This should be when the bike is off the ground and on a stand. My suggestion would be to remove the shock to do this adjustment. It is much easier to adjust correctly this way. IF you do have the thing in it's tightest position, and it DOES have a tightest position, then you want to have the 1% of the shaft distance in total up and down movement of the chain. When you have it like this, you will find that you cannot make it get any tighter, but you can easily make it looser simply by letting the swing arm go back to where the shock takes it once remounted. This task is very tedious, and you will need to double and triple check both your tension measurement and your alignment when tightening things back up. This is the point where many make the mistake of not rechecking, and when it is all buttoned back up, it won't be the same as they thought they had it. Things can move very easily when tightening, and we are only talking about very little movement to get things hosed up. So check, and recheck as you tighten things up. Go through the procedure again and see if you don't find just what I'm telling you. Also... Once you do this procedure, the first thing you should do after it's done correctly is to put the bike on the ground in normal ride position, and then see just exactly how much distance there is from the chain to a spot on the swing arm...like the edge of the chain slide, or something stationary. You can then forget about taking the shock of and all, and simply readjust to that measurement from then on. Now, that measurement when on th4e ground is going to be different when on the stand. So take two measurements. One on the ground, one on the stand. Use your ground measure so you can keep an eye on your chain at any time you want. And know what the measurement equivalent is to that while on the stand, because THAT is where you will have to do the adjustment work. I hope that makes sense to you. If not holler and I can try to be more clear. [/QUOTE]
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