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Joined: Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:22 am Posts: 72 Location: Sterling Heights, Michigan
Always clean/lube chain about every 600 miles. However I haven't cleaned front sprocket (have about 5200 miles on the bike). I tried to loosen the hex bolts holding the front sprocket cover and am afraid I will strip them since they are super tight. Not sure if factory uses thread lock on the bolts. Any way to safely loosen them or will this be a dealer problem to deal with. I'm sure the front sprocket is probably gunked up with old lube and I'd like to clean it if possible. Thanks for any suggestions.
Joined: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:45 pm Posts: 949 Location: The Netherlands
There is threadlocker/loctite on them and it does require a bit of force to get them off, but as long as you use the correct size. By that I really mean the correct Metric size (4mm if I'm not mistaken) you dont have to worry about stripping the bolts. I too was worried about breaking something but it some point it just 'snaps' and turns loose.
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