hey everyone,
just finished getting my engine back online from the dreaded cylinder mauling. got everything mounted up and running.....get to break the motor in again (yay) and am having some trouble with the dreaded chain tensioner...am thinking about taking off the pedal chain, tighening up and completely trueing the rear wheel and sprocket without the tensioner and taking the pedal chain down to the local bike store to have them custom fit it....problem im having is when the pedal chain is tight like it should be, im getting too much slack in the motor chain and its something like one and a half links that need to be taken out of the motor chain to make everything flush and even......ugh such a pain in the butt......im always worried that the motor chain will come off mid run, wrap around the back axle and destroy my poor bicycle.....what i really need is a bike stand that i can set the bike on and true the wheels......if i can do that and keep the thing from falling over while im working on it it would be a blessing.....as is i have the wife sit on the bike while i eyeball it as close as i can get it.........i guess i should go down to the bike store but those guys make you pay for labor just to look at the thing.....i know because i took my rear wheel/axle down to them because i exploded my bearings (coaster brake) a while back and had to get them replaced...sad thing was they charged me 20 bucks and I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PUT THE THING BACK TOGETHER....but because they are the only bicycle store within about a 200 mile area they get away with it. so im really trying to avoid having to go to them for anything else.....that and they mainly deal with "professional" style bicycles IE Cannondale/lance armstrong/carbon fiber/high end bicycles, not my 79 dollar box store jalapi.....OOOOO thats what im going to name my MB from now on.....anyways sorry to rant and rave....just frustrated with this bike is all (and quitting smoking too)....any idears or advice to give? would be greatly appreciated......thanks,
ELI
just finished getting my engine back online from the dreaded cylinder mauling. got everything mounted up and running.....get to break the motor in again (yay) and am having some trouble with the dreaded chain tensioner...am thinking about taking off the pedal chain, tighening up and completely trueing the rear wheel and sprocket without the tensioner and taking the pedal chain down to the local bike store to have them custom fit it....problem im having is when the pedal chain is tight like it should be, im getting too much slack in the motor chain and its something like one and a half links that need to be taken out of the motor chain to make everything flush and even......ugh such a pain in the butt......im always worried that the motor chain will come off mid run, wrap around the back axle and destroy my poor bicycle.....what i really need is a bike stand that i can set the bike on and true the wheels......if i can do that and keep the thing from falling over while im working on it it would be a blessing.....as is i have the wife sit on the bike while i eyeball it as close as i can get it.........i guess i should go down to the bike store but those guys make you pay for labor just to look at the thing.....i know because i took my rear wheel/axle down to them because i exploded my bearings (coaster brake) a while back and had to get them replaced...sad thing was they charged me 20 bucks and I WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO SHOW THEM HOW TO PUT THE THING BACK TOGETHER....but because they are the only bicycle store within about a 200 mile area they get away with it. so im really trying to avoid having to go to them for anything else.....that and they mainly deal with "professional" style bicycles IE Cannondale/lance armstrong/carbon fiber/high end bicycles, not my 79 dollar box store jalapi.....OOOOO thats what im going to name my MB from now on.....anyways sorry to rant and rave....just frustrated with this bike is all (and quitting smoking too)....any idears or advice to give? would be greatly appreciated......thanks,
ELI