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flatlander
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maintenance issues

#1 Post by flatlander » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:03 pm

if you can feel a fistful of snatch when you start pumping hard .... okay okay Ill start again before squid comes over .... someone?

If your chain is flapping about like slack Alice's laundry on a windy day it may be worth getting a second opinion as it may not be the chain... I knew it was loose back there but
oohh thats not good :smt102 :smt075 :smt021

all changed for a shiny new one gosh goes quicker and quieter now it isn't a belt drive
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#2 Post by Kwackerz » Thu Oct 11, 2012 3:47 pm

Some say poorly maintained.. others simply say 'getting their money's worth out of it..' :smt001
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#3 Post by flatlander » Thu Oct 11, 2012 4:24 pm

it was alright before I went away :smt017
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#4 Post by fatboy » Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:17 pm

I think the chain was loose bcause there was eff all left for it to grip on !
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#5 Post by blinkey501 » Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:44 pm

Geoff you are an animal :smt018
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#6 Post by randomsquid » Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:58 pm

I knew a Tuono owner who had a chain snap the day after he adjusted it.
Maintenance can be dangerous. :smt003
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#7 Post by Gio » Fri Oct 12, 2012 5:33 am

I know a person (no names mentioned) who let their chain get so loose it jumped off the rear sprocket and twisted the swing arm when it jambed, very lucky imo.
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