Need a picture here and some other advice By scooterran (Read 796 times)

[scooterran]

On my scoot , the rear tag that tells me what kind of gear oil to use has vanished, dissapeared, fell off the earth. Can someone show me a picture of this tag. If I remember right it has a GL on it . Also the neighbor kid called and said he was out of gas, so naturally I got on the scoot with a small jug full of gas and headed down the road to fill up his 50 cc dirt bike. As we were ridding along he suddenly stopped and got off his bike and in 2 seconds he was ridding next to me. He hit another bump in the road and his chain fell off. That is when I realized what had happened the first time he stopped. When we got to my house , he told me the chain came off all the tme. I looked at the chain and it was loose, had a lot of play. On each side of the rear tire was a tensioner that had a litt room to go so I loosend the main nuts on the wheel and then snugged the chain up. The question is , Can you over draw the chain ? There is a little play in the chain but he can't push the bike backwards. Is this normal ? Need just a little advice here.

[justbuggin2]

on the gear oil for your bike i would say 80/90 wieght would be good and on the kids dirt bike you should have about an half inch play in the middle of the sprokets

[alleyoop]

Yes, you should be able to roll the bike backward or forward.
Alleyoop

[scooterran]

Thanks justbuggin2 and Alleyoop. I'll have him bring the dirt bike over this evening and we'lll take another look at it. I've got the tensioners on both sides almost all the way back. Should I take a chain link out ?

[JR]

Yep Randy and look at the chain closely, if it's got too much wear replace it but taking a link out will buy some more time.

JR

[scooterran]

This evening I followed the little guy and noticed that the rear wheel was not running true with his bike, had a wobble, so back to the garage we went. I took the chain off and saw that it wasn't worn much at all so I took a link out of the chain and put it back on. After adjusting the chain and alining the rear wheel carefully , we went for a spin. What a difference this did to the bike. As I ran along side of him with my scoot, this little guy was getting 45 mph out of his dirt bike . So guys, thanks for the help and some day I hope to give a return. Thanks J..R. you were right buy saying " take a link out" ', I think that did the job.....
PS... Get the garden in. I'm ready for some fresh veggies. ;D