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Hi,

I am considering buying a chain alignment tool. The one I am looking at is here : http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Chain-sprocket-Alignment-Tool-Motorcycle-ATV-BIKE-/370462095167?pt=AU_Motorcycle_Parts_Accessories&hash=item564142f73f
For $20 I figure its worth a look, unless someone here has used one and thinks they are rubbish.

The other alternative is the laser variety though they are up around $80 and I would like to avoid spending that much.

Any thoughts or suggestions ?

I've been in the same dilemna for a while now, and so I continue to line things up using the old Mk I Eyeball...
I think I prefer the laser jobbie though, since it won't loosen up and get sloppy over time like anything mechanical will...

I have that alignment tool and it works very well and is simple to use.

Looks good, and really how much can go wrong with it? Ultimately it's a clamp with a straight edge. For it's intended use I'd be more worried about paying for a laser one & having the electronics fail in it. Might look at buying one of the cheapies also.

Al.

Yeah it's simple, and unlikely to go wrong. But I'd be worried that the clamp around the rod wasn't straight or tight, or that the rod itself had a kink...
I also dig lasers (especially when mounted on a rail )

When my mechanic Mark was doing my 48k major service he had the bike up on a hoist and then on a paddock stand on the hoist and while he had the back axle nut and both chain adjusting nuts loosened he was turning the back wheel with one hand and had the other hand under the bottom of the chain feeling for the tight spot of the chain. Initially he loosened off completely the chain adjusting nuts on either side of the swing arm and used a rubber mallet to hit the axle to move the rear sprocket closer to the motor and then adjusted incrementally by tightening the adjusting nuts a bit at a time in sync until after several rotations he determined the tightest links of the chain and then estimated the travel ie; 20-30 mills of chain slack allowing for the weight of the bike once back down on its back shock and then tightened everything back up.

I made the comment during this that all I did was leave the bike on its side stand and did the adjustment...he said that it is too difficult not on a paddock stand to rotate and feel for the tight spots of the chain cuz that has to be taken into consideration in chain adjustment.

Yo!

hey Nite, lasers like this????

I use a piece of string. Well it's really a bit of hoochie cord but it works for me

I've bought one, so simple to use, can't do anything wrong anymore.

geeeeeeeeeeeee guys i did a little write up on chain replacement and alignment. That little tool works great.

Oh look who pop up "dhula" how u doin? Now if we can find "POPS" from England oh ya and "pancakefactory" also known as "cakes"

Yeah some old names there. I am starting to feel like a veteran.

Well U r Mr. potato, u done a lot of posts, and like me your 650 is a working bike daily commuter............

Well ~ that little tool sure is slick. With the bike on a stand, I just use a steel rule to get me close, then fine adjust by feeling the links as the wheel rotates. Could that alignment tool make my life easier?

YEP, once u use it u see why.

Hi HP,


Mate, surely a simple adjustable wrench is all you need just check the notches.......biking is expensive enough without buying unnecessary tools when you have a multi purpose one in your shed !!!!!.

Skydance