klr 650 : another chain question .

[Luke]

just got sun star front sprocket from utah , I think previous owner had it on backwards , thus my chain noise etc.. my ? is ... the words "sun star 359 " should go towards the outside ??????????????????????????? thanks in advance for response

[Jeff Saline]

Larry, That's an interesting way to try to keep your wheel aligned. I just went to the shop and measured the length of the threaded portion sticking behind the lock nuts on my bike. There was a 1/32" difference between the left and right adjusters. I suppose if a guy measured each adjuster from the hole in the adjuster where the axle goes through to the end of the threads they could be adjusted to be the same length. Looks like just measuring the threaded portion without a reference won't work on all bikes. Thanks for sharing your procedure. I'm glad it's working well for you. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:19:04 -0000 "mauiklr650" writes: -snip-

> > sage advice, IMHO. > I am usually tired of working on the KLR by the time chain > adjustment comes around, and do one small thing to prevent my > bleary eyes from mis-adjusing my rear wheel. > I'll use a gauge to measure the threads exposed behind the > adjuster nuts. Then smack the axle nuts forward with a wooden mallet > > to snug up the adjuster parts. > > Larry