low front fender

[puzzledpanthermlm]

Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe foolishly I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them on and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. What did I do wrong? Thanks, Mike

[klr6501995]

The chain will rub the plastic ( dark green)that extends around the front of the swingarm. If the chain is rubbing the chain guard above the swingarm; maybe the metal sprochet bracket got bent. Or wheel is out of alighnment. Look at the notches on the chain adjusting bolts on both sides of the rear swingarm. If you rotate the wheel backwards the chain does make more noise. Rubs the plastic. Just make certain that the spacer that goes between the sprocket carrier and hub is there. More than a couple have lost thiers while having the wheel off and carrier falls off. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "puzzledpanthermlm" wrote:

> Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe

foolishly

> I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them

on

> and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that > the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to > the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine

sprocket.

> I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. > What did I do wrong? > > Thanks, > Mike

[Mark St.Hilaire, Sr]

> and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that > the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to > the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. > I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. > What did I do wrong?

Mike, you didn't do anything wrong. I think the prankster engineers at Kawasaki designed the setup so that you can never, EVER re-install the rear wheel without some part of the chain guard - upper or lower - contacting the chain. I know that *I* have never been able to throw the rear wheel back on without having to "tweak" something to eliminate chain noise... Mark --------------------------------------- KLR650 Motorcycle Website: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

[Devon]

puzzledpanther@... wrote:

>Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe foolishly >I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them on >and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that >the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to >the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. >I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. >What did I do wrong? > >

The chain always lays on the chain guide that runs along the top of the swingarm. The only time it doesn't is with a rider aboard and the engine under load. So you've never seen the chain in its actual running position. The chainguard mounts to pretty soft metal tabs. I've changed the rear tire maybe 8-10 times, and I still bend the chainguard all out of whack getting the wheel back in, every time. Just bend it a little, spin the wheel, bend it a little, etc until it doesn't hit when the wheel moves forward. And BTW loosen up your chain to whatever was working fine before. Overtightening it won't solve any of the problems you mentioned, but it can cause some damn expensive problems. I usually set mine so one finger can push the middle of the lower run up to almost touch the rear edge of the chain glide underneath the swingarm. This is with the bike on sidestand and rear suspension completely topped. Devon

[Gary Parece]

Hi , the noise is more than likely coming from the tire hitting the chain guard. The black thing on the swingarm are called sliders and the chain is suppose to slide on them.

----- Original Message ----- From: "puzzledpanthermlm" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 3:18 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Chain noise > Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe foolishly > I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them on > and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that > the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to > the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. > I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. > What did I do wrong? > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

[puzzledpanthermlm]

Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe foolishly I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them on and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. What did I do wrong? Thanks, Mike

[dooden]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Devon wrote:

> > > puzzledpanther@s... wrote: > > >Keep in mind that I am very un-mechanically incline. Maybe foolishly > >I decided to replace my tires on my own. Well I finally got them on > >and now the chain is making a rubbing sound. It looks to me that > >the chain is laying on the black plastic piece that is attached to > >the swingarm as the chain comes off the top of the engine sprocket. > >I adjusted and tightened the chain and it doesn't stop the rubbing. > >What did I do wrong? > > > > > The chain always lays on the chain guide that runs along the top of the > swingarm. The only time it doesn't is with a rider aboard and the

engine

> under load. So you've never seen the chain in its actual running

position.

> > The chainguard mounts to pretty soft metal tabs. I've changed the rear > tire maybe 8-10 times, and I still bend the chainguard all out of whack > getting the wheel back in, every time. Just bend it a little, spin the > wheel, bend it a little, etc until it doesn't hit when the wheel moves > forward. > > And BTW loosen up your chain to whatever was working fine before. > Overtightening it won't solve any of the problems you mentioned, but it > can cause some damn expensive problems. I usually set mine so one

finger

> can push the middle of the lower run up to almost touch the rear

edge of

> the chain glide underneath the swingarm. This is with the bike on > sidestand and rear suspension completely topped. > > Devon

What he said, if I push hard I can make the chain touch, bit on the loose side, but way better than replacing seals and or bearings. Besides the extra chain whip tosses off the mud ... ;-D Dooden A15 Green Ape

[Guest]

hello: has anyone experienced a chain noise a kind of sszsszsszsszssz! noise??? it seems to be coming from the front sproket. it almost seems like a metal-to-metal sound but not quite that bad!!! anybody....can you help??? -gary

[Erik]

i'd check inside the front sprocket cover. i've had funny noises coming from that area before, and when i looked inside the cover there was so much built up crap that the chain was grinding against it. erik

> > > hello: > > has anyone experienced a chain noise a kind of sszsszsszsszssz! > noise??? > it seems to be coming from the front sproket. it almost seems like a > metal-to-metal sound but not quite that bad!!! > > anybody....can you help??? > > -gary > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

[Fred Hink]

Most will mount on top of the lower edge of the fork boots. Be sure to discard the plastic spacer/bushing which isn't needed. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/cmc.html

----- Original Message ----- From: "googam" To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Low front fender > > I got received a low front fender that I ordered. Has > anyone else out there installed one? My question: Can > you bolt the fender bracket directly on the rubber > fork gaiters, or should I slide the gaiters up, and > mount the fender bracket directly to the fork leg? > Lee Barnes