MAD MOTO Chain Adjusters

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  1. N2OCapri

    N2OCapri Active Member

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    I am no engineer but I would have thought that with all the forces being put through the axle simply tightening a nut would not be sufficient to stop the wheel moving without any support.
     
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  2. blakely.wells

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    You can say this in confidence knowing that nobody is going to try this on their pride and joy as it's not what Honda intended.. But I do belive that a axle nut tightened to 150 odd nm is not going to shift one bit if Installed and tightened as intended. You cannot expect the Mickey mouse 8mm bolt screwed into a nice soft alloy thread to act as a stressed part. It really isn't. When I've adjusted chains in the past (and there's been many) as I used to be a motorcycle MOT tester often the adjuster bolt would be a few mm from touching. You can't expect me to belive these move and then move back again can you?
     
  3. RRoss

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    First off,if you're tightening the rear axle nut to 150 odd that's nearly 50% more than intended and you're gonna cause damage there.
    Secondly,take a closer look at what is actually gripping when you tighten that nut. On the drive side you have a greased axle slid thru an adjuster block,which is smooth just as the area on the swingarm that it sits. On the inside you have a wheel spacer that is usually greasy too.
    Do you honestly think that on a superbike with the power and forces involved that the only thing stopping that wheel moving forward would be a little bit of friction between greasy smooth surfaces?
     
  4. blakely.wells

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    I wasn't giving the exact figure I had not looked it up. But I think we will have to agree to disagree on this one.
     
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