davidbarr Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Today I tried fitting my Trialtech Sprung tensioner to my new frame. It seemed fairly straight forward, and I got it on fairly easily. Now that the chain is on it, I'm a little bit confused. When i turn the cranks the tensioner jumps about and feels like it's skipping even though I've set it up so that there should be plenty of tension. Anyone have any ideas what the problem is? Could this be caused by the chainline being out? Thanks for any help. Edited January 1, 2012 by davidbarr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo Posted January 1, 2012 Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Chuck a couple of photos up mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbarr Posted January 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2012 Chuck a couple of photos up mate Will do in the morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbarr Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Right, so had another look this morning and I've found the problem. Sometimes when the chain is meant to leave the rear sprocket it sort of catches and stays on the sprocket which then causes the tensioner to jump about. (hope that makes sense) Really don't have a clue why this is happening or how to fix it. I will try and get a few pictures and a video up soon. Any help would be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrider88 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Try to clean the chain/sprocket,if it doesn´t help,your chain or sprocket is probably worn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Vandart Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 tight link? to close to sprocket ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bike_dummie Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Tried moving the tensioner's angle you may need to remove.the pin from the back for the best adjustment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidbarr Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Yeah I've tried changing the angle with no joy. Think there may be a stiff link in the chain, but the sprocket also seems pretty worn so will need a new one of them. Does anyone know where I can get a splined 15t echo sprocket? They're discontinued on Tarty and i don't really fancy paying 40 on the titanium version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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