Chain Tensioning

[stunt man t]

im struggling to tension the chain on my t-pro 06

i bought some monty snail cams, but only just tuch the bolt and the chains slacker then anything

and with my old onza tugs they just come loose every time i ride

does anyone no how to tention the chain?

or any tips on how to keep it tensioned?

thanks everyone

[Muel]

Monty cams only give a small amount of adjustment, try some bigger cams like TrialTech ones.

[Sponge]

It's most probably your chain length. Try and shorten it down a link or so. Post up a picture of your bike's dropout area; I suspect that your axle is near the ends of the dropout slots. With a shorter chain, the axle should be closer to the innermost part of the slot... so pulling on snail cams will make it pull out a few mm.

If you find you can't shorten the chain because it's already slightly shortish (but still slightly too long...), then try and get a new chain. Older chains tend to be stretched and so the length is affected. There is always a really 'inconvenient' length on chains, where it's slightly too long to have decent consistent tension and it's slightly short so that taking it down 1 link won't fit on your drivetrain. If that's what you suffer from, then get a new chain.

But yeah, just try shortening the chain a tad first.

[stunt man t]

It's most probably your chain length. Try and shorten it down a link or so. Post up a picture of your bike's dropout area; I suspect that your axle is near the ends of the dropout slots. With a shorter chain, the axle should be closer to the innermost part of the slot... so pulling on snail cams will make it pull out a few mm.

If you find you can't shorten the chain because it's already slightly shortish (but still slightly too long...), then try and get a new chain. Older chains tend to be stretched and so the length is affected. There is always a really 'inconvenient' length on chains, where it's slightly too long to have decent consistent tension and it's slightly short so that taking it down 1 link won't fit on your drivetrain. If that's what you suffer from, then get a new chain.

But yeah, just try shortening the chain a tad first.

the chain is quiet new (a month old)

but if i take a link out it wont fit on my bike

think i might just get different snail cams

[Muel]

If new cams don't give enough extra length, (although they should), you could try using allen bolt instead of the Monty pins, it only adds a couple of mm but it's sorted mine out before.

[stunt man t]

If new cams don't give enough extra length, (although they should), you could try using allen bolt instead of the Monty pins, it only adds a couple of mm but it's sorted mine out before.

ok matey

will try it just wana see what happens when i get some different cams

the distance between centre hole of hub bolt and centre of snail cam bolt is approx 27mm

so need cam that size??

monty is 20mm to biggest part

what cam should i need?

fingers crossed p*****g me off not evr got it tnesioned since the day i got it

will it make the engage ment better?

cus if the chain is tight? surely its dont move as fay before the freewhell and rear sprocket engage

[stunt man t]

and muel please dont start an arguemnet

thats all u seem to do my posts

but thanks for the advice mate

much appreciated

[Muel]

When was that?

I think the TrialTech or Try-All ones are the biggest, but you're best off ringing Tarty up or emailing them, they can compare all the different ones.

[spartan]

Yeah if you get a bigger cam you can adjust a little more. You could always get a tug set up like the threshold ones that physically pull the axel back and support it on bolts.

PS: For snail cams try to get the notched ones, the adjustment isnt as precise but provides way way way more support so your axel wonder move.