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chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2001 4:37 pm
by IronJungle@Hotmail.com
A strange thing happen today.... I was a million miles from anyplace
going through a gravel based low water crossing. I was in first
gear; going slow; my feet up off the pegs and high so they wouldn't
get wet and... well, they got wet....
The chain jumped off the rear sprocket. I was lucky not to drop the
bike or that the chain didn't jam (called "chain suck" in the bicycle
world).
I pushed the heavy KLR through the gravel and 8" deep water and
remounted the chain [KLRs don't push well in wet gravel and running
water]. The chain wasn't loose at all; in spec. I have been riding
over 25 years and never had a chain come off. I haven't even heard
of anyone throwing a chain on a modern (well maintained) bike.
Any ideas what happened? The only thing I can think of is a small
rock rode the chain into the rear sprocket and derailed it.
Pat
Austin TX
chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2001 7:48 pm
by cccp7@hotmail.com
Hey Pat
Well one day I was as far as you from home, in deep mud. All of a
suden the bike would not go forward anymore. Chain was off behind the
proket... I couldn't put the chain back on, there was way too much
mud and the ground was not falt at all. Well started pushing the bike
towards the highway, pushed it for allmost 1 mile... till i realized
that the chain poped back on by itself..so much for all the pushing..
It's the only time the chain jumped off on me. Hope it's the last.
I think your theory about the small rock is right.
Raz
A8
www3.sympatico.ca/razb
> A strange thing happen today.... I was a million miles from
anyplace
> going through a gravel based low water crossing. I was in first
> gear; going slow; my feet up off the pegs and high so they wouldn't
> get wet and... well, they got wet....
>
> The chain jumped off the rear sprocket. I was lucky not to drop
the
> bike or that the chain didn't jam (called "chain suck" in the
bicycle
> world).
>
> I pushed the heavy KLR through the gravel and 8" deep water and
> remounted the chain [KLRs don't push well in wet gravel and running
> water]. The chain wasn't loose at all; in spec. I have been
riding
> over 25 years and never had a chain come off. I haven't even heard
> of anyone throwing a chain on a modern (well maintained) bike.
>
> Any ideas what happened? The only thing I can think of is a small
> rock rode the chain into the rear sprocket and derailed it.
>
> Pat
> Austin TX
chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 10:32 am
by Rich Kickbush
> Any ideas what happened? The only thing I can think of is a small
> rock rode the chain into the rear sprocket and derailed it.
>
> Pat
> Austin TX
Pat,
How old is that chain? If its worn, its going to be loose on the
sprockets themselves, even if the chain slack is correct...more chance of
what you're thinking happening...
Rich
chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 10:47 am
by IronJungle@Hotmail.com
Rich:
The chain only has 2,000 miles on it (2001 model).
Thx,
Pat
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Rich Kickbush" wrote:
>
> > Any ideas what happened? The only thing I can think of is a small
> > rock rode the chain into the rear sprocket and derailed it.
> >
> > Pat
> > Austin TX
>
> Pat,
> How old is that chain? If its worn, its going to be loose
on the
> sprockets themselves, even if the chain slack is correct...more
chance of
> what you're thinking happening...
>
> Rich
chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 12:27 pm
by BCSavWill@cs.com
Hi,
I have a Fredette chain guard installed to prevent this problem, so far it
seems to works OK.
Brian
A14
TE 410E
Honolulu, HI
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chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 4:31 pm
by IronJungle@Hotmail.com
Where can we see a photo of this beloved Fredette chain guard?
Thanks,
Pat
Austin TX
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., BCSavWill@c... wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Fredette chain guard installed to prevent this problem, so
far it
> seems to works OK.
> Brian
> A14
> TE 410E
> Honolulu, HI
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 7:09 pm
by BCSavWill@cs.com
Hi,
Here is a Fredette.
Brian
A14
TE 410E
Honolulu, HI
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chain jumped off / comments
Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2001 8:39 pm
by Pat H
Brian:
Thanks. How does it mount? Did you have to drill the holes? Where on do you
get Fredette stuff?
Thanks again
Pat
Austin TX
>From: BCSavWill@...
>To: IronJungle@...
>CC:
DSN_KLR650@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Chain Jumped Off / Comments
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:08:03 EDT
>
>Hi,
>
>Here is a Fredette.
>
>Brian
>A14
>TE 410E
>Honolulu, HI
>>
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heat shield stuff under side panel ?
Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2001 12:56 pm
by Mark Wilson
Hi everybody, I'm in digest mode right now, but I havent seen the right
answer for this heat shield yet.
My heat shield fell off along time ago, and I bought some stuff called "heat
shield" form Fast Freddy.
It is thin insulation with aluminum facing, and a sticky back. I covered
the rear right side panel over a year ago, and I dont think this stuff is
coming back off.
Make sure to cover the bottom inch of the panel, thats where they melt, even
with the stock insulation, because it dosent cover it.
MotorMark
http://www.geocities.com/motormark64/
http://www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/
KLR-650 A-13 "warthogg"
XR250R "superfly"
Stone Mountain, Ga
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 09:36:20 -0400
From: "ElGlaude"
Subject: Re: Heat shield stuff under side panel ?
Mine fell of too...was unable to stick it back...nothing seems to glue it
there permanently