Synergy Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 (edited) ok its almost finished just awaiting my frame.anyway im posting to find out, isis bb can you screw them on by hand and use them like that or will they be to loose?will it make much of a difference if its a little bit loose?on the rear of the gu will i be able to put my old t-master chain tensioners on them?would appreciate pictures or any information and i will try post up some pics when its built.can somebody also explain how the other tensioners work? the snail ones. Edited March 11, 2006 by Synergy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 ok its almost finished just awaiting my frame.anyway im posting to find out, isis bb can you screw them on by hand and use them like that or will they be to loose?will it make much of a difference if its a little bit loose?on the rear of the gu will i be able to put my old t-master chain tensioners on them?would appreciate pictures or any information and i will try post up some pics when its built.The bb will be way loose and rip out all your threads, It's got to be super tight.I think the GU can only take snail cams not chain tug's aswell . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted March 9, 2006 Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 ok its almost finished just awaiting my frame.anyway im posting to find out, isis bb can you screw them on by hand and use them like that or will they be to loose?will it make much of a difference if its a little bit loose?on the rear of the gu will i be able to put my old t-master chain tensioners on them?would appreciate pictures or any information and i will try post up some pics when its built.can somebody also explain how the other tensioners work? the snail ones.The BB, as Jaffa said, needs to be REALLY tight, hand tight and it will just come loose and ruin your frame and the bottom bracket will also be screwed.I think you can use the tugs, not sure...I dont see why not.Snail cams are an oval shape, with notches on them. The cams themselves take the place of your tugs (put them onto the hub bolts) and as you turn the cam, the notches make contact with the bolt on the frame, thus forcing the wheel out and tensioning the chain.As the cam is oval...as such, the more you turn it the further the wheel pulls away and the tighter the chain becomes. Genral idea is you turn the cam on the CHAIN SIDE of the bike, until you find the needed tension, and then count how many notches youve gone past, and say for example you're on the 5th notch (4 spare, 5th being the notch the bolt is on) you move the non-chain side cam to the 5th notch and then tighten the hub bolts.Although with snail cams, looking at the tryall ones, they dont appear to have ANY notches, which is just...shit, and makes getting a true, equal tension a pain in the arse. But its basically the same concept, you just need to make sure the cams are equal in position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted March 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2006 thankyou guys. ill let you know how i get on and possibly post pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 anzo's explanation of how snailcams work is grand. The only thing I'd add is to tighten your axle nuts by switching sides every turn or so rather than doing one up and then moving onto the other - with snailcams the wheel is more likely to slide about in the dropout while you tighten than with standard chaintugs. The smooth snailcams aren't as hard to set up as I was expecting - they're no worse than standard chaintugs in terms of lining things up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 the notched cams are wank!! get the smooth ones, my ones the notches rip off lolBen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncanshaw@scotland Posted March 10, 2006 Report Share Posted March 10, 2006 thankyou guys. ill let you know how i get on and possibly post pictures.Mike just give me a call when u get ur frame and ill tighten ur bottom bracket up and show you how your tensioners work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials_pimp Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 whats the project then???You got a new bike, woopy doo.Of thats all it is, its a pretty crap project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domonza Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 whats the project then???You got a new bike, woopy doo.Of thats all it is, its a pretty crap project.God you miserable C##TWhy do you have to go and say something like that ,the guys got his new bike and i bet hes just happy to share it with us. DOM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Cox Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 God you miserable C##TWhy do you have to go and say something like that ,the guys got his new bike and i bet hes just happy to share it with us. DOMthats what the bike pic thread is for you cock! dont go calling people unts because hes speaking the truth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synergy Posted March 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 was just letting people know how i got on actually but sorry for posting pictures to show people what there help did, god miserable bunch on here at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trials Dave Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 was just letting people know how i got on actually but sorry for posting pictures to show people what there help did, god miserable bunch on here at times haha. yes there is the odd grump on here like. lmao. the bikes looking good though mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towler Posted March 11, 2006 Report Share Posted March 11, 2006 Nice bike dude, rest of you stop crying it aint in the bike/pics thread or what ever the f**k it is :/ Who cares? so many forum pets on here!!! get out on your bikes.good lad duncan sort that boys BB out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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