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well it was fine perfect best tensioner since sliced bread.

put it on new frame today havent rode for a bit and if i kick to hard it jumps up. i have no idead why i have no stiff links it runs smooth don tsee now play etc

what can i do

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Is chain in line? wheel straight? wheel stiff? cog bent? cog flex? cog moving?

Could be anything like that, and moooooore.

Matx

nope its all fine wheel doesnt wobble no more i checked everything i pedals up drive and dad saw it just hopping and i dont have a clue why

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What chain you using? Its its a fat KMC or a Collapse. thee will need to be spacers to make the space bigger for the width of the chain

Thats what i thought, i had a similar problem where one link of the chain was sticking out only VERY slightly and it caught on the tensioner every time it went round till it eventually jammed it..

Im using the 3/32 kmc chain now its it great

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Hes got a KHE collapse lol.

That size chain won't fit properly on my Rohloff at all!

There's a limit to how much you can space them out due to the circlip on the top axle (you can replace the lower axle with a longer M4 bolt). I don't know if they've varied the design, but mine only allows 2mm extra of clearance, that's if you remove the 2mm spacer on the outside of the cage (between cage and circlip), and add a 1mm washer either side of the upper and lower sprockets.

I've got a KHE Collapse to fit now only by getting a new longer top axle turned up by Dave85. It looks rather pimpin' with the replacement CNCed gold sprockets :)

Steve

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Works fine with mine - sounds like you need to space the cages out Beau, that's what myself and Stan have done. Give us a call if you want a hand with it (Y)

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Edit after Steve's edit: There is indeed a limit, but we've found there's enough extra room by just removing the washer under the circlip :)

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That size chain won't fit properly on my Rohloff at all!

There's a limit to how much you can space them out due to the circlip on the top axle (you can replace the lower axle with a longer M4 bolt). I don't know if they've varied the design, but mine only allows 2mm extra of clearance, that's if you remove the 2mm spacer on the outside of the cage (between cage and circlip), and add a 1mm washer either side of the upper and lower sprockets.

I've got a KHE Collapse to fit now only by getting a new longer top axle turned up by Dave85. It looks rather pimpin' with the replacement CNCed gold sprockets :)

Steve

well i got mine to work with that exact same setup... i just put the washers in a different place

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Works fine with mine - sounds like you need to space the cages out Beau, that's what myself and Stan have done. Give us a call if you want a hand with it (Y)

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Edit after Steve's edit: There is indeed a limit, but we've found there's enough extra room by just removing the washer under the circlip :)

thanks ad for that glad you aint pissed off yet lol. Erm its a kmc khe dont fit i have no spacers ti space it yet may send to you if thats ok.

i had a kmc on befor and itwas fine:(

owell ill see

thanks everyone bum you later

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If spacing it out doesn't work (didn't work when I had this problem) then remove the screw that rests on the bottom of the mech hanger. This will make the tensioner rest on the chainstay giving more chain wrap around the cog.

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