chain is too short!!

[racingreplicas@orwell.net]

Hi Steve This really becomes a safety issue. His life is not worth whatever $ might be saved. I had a near miss a long time ago when a pooly maintained chain snapped and jammed between the rear sprocket and swingarm on a Honda CL305. The rear wheel locked up and I slid across the road. No oncoming traffic so I get to write these warnings instead of someone else telling the story. I won't even use clip type master links on any bike over 45hp. Tell your bud to buy the new chain. Ed Windsor

----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pye" To: "KLR 650" DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:04 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Chain is too short!! > Hey folks, I need the wisdom of the collective. > > Just had a phone call from a buddy of mine who is doing some repairs to his > A1. He replaced the front and rear sprocket and drive chain. He discovered > the chain is one link too short. He ordered this chain some time ago/ no > reciept / not even sure where , so return or exchange may be out of the > question. > Here's my question : can he take a "center section" out of the old chain and > use two connecting links together to lenghten the new chain? > Wear issues? > Safety issues? > My bud has painted himself into a corner on this one and wants to use his > bike tomorrow, any ideas? > Cheers, > Steve > A11 > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >