Adjustment and maintenance of chain

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Adjustment and maintenance of chain
Motorcycle chain is one of the most critical
motorcycle accessories, it can be divided into
sleeve chain, roller chain, O ring chain and
silent chain.The O ring chain is a driving chain
with high performance and is designed for road
racing motorcycle and racing car. The O-shaped
sealed ring can be protected lubricating grease
in the chain isolated from dust and dirt.O ring
chain
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• There should have certain lubricating grease
  inside the bushing so as to reduce the wear out
  and extend its life. And with sealing O ring, it
  can protect the chain joint from mud and dust.

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• How to adjust the best motorcycle chain properly?
•     First, adjust the tightness of chain between
  15 mm to 20 mm, check the buffer body bearing
  regularly and fill grease on time, because that
  bearing is always under bad working environment,
  once lose the lubrication performance, it will be
  damaged badly, bearing, once damaged, it will
  cause the rear sprocket lean, and damage the side
  face of chain, or even worse make the chain fall
  off easily.
•    Second, when adjusting the chain, you need to
  adjust it according to the adjustment scale on
  the chain and also observe whether front and rear
  sprocket is aligned with the chain. if the frame
  or rear wheel fork is damaged and there will be
  deformation of the frame or rear fork, then
  adjustment by the scale will be not so correct
  because the linearity has been inaccurate, so now
  you need to check it and adjust it without the
  chain case.

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• Once there is any problem, you need to correct
  it.
•    Third, it is important to choose a high
  quality sprocket or chain, which can extend its
  life. Make sure chain matches the dirt bike
  sprocket or motorcycle sprocket, and also their
  concentricity, otherwise, chain will be from
  tight to loose and get damaged easily. DO not buy
  those defective product especially motorcycle
  sprocket, most of them are eccentric and out of
  round, which will cause the chain from tight to
  lost and put you in danger.

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•    Forth, you need to check frequently the
  tolerance clearance between buffer cushion of the
  rear wheel fork and fork shaft. And you need to
  make sure that the clearance between rear wheel
  fork and frame is precise enough so that it can
  move up and down flexibly, only in this way can
  guarantee the rear fork and frame to be a whole
  at the same time it wont affect damping effect
  of the rear shock. Rear wheel fork is connected
  with frame through wheel fork shaft equipped with
  rubber cushion, this rubber cushion will be loose
  easily after usage for a period, then it will
  displace when the motorcycle starts or
  accelerates due to the pull of chain at the rear
  wheel, the displacement is decided by the extent
  of damage of the buffer cushion. The rear wheel
  will have obvious shake when accelerate and
  decelerate,

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• which will also cause the damage of chain and
  sprocket and need to be checked regularly and
  more carefully.
•    Finally, you need to clean chain and sprocket
  regularly and fill the lubricate in time,
  especially when it is rain and show or there is
  muddy road. Maintenance of chain and sprocket
  will extent its lift.
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