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Lower gearing with make each gear shorter and make you shift thru the gears faster Replacing them at alternate times will shorten their life span.

Replace the chain and sprockets at the same time.

The best way to lube your chain is to place your bike on a bike stand and spray it while spinning the rear wheel. Using a thick chain lube will only attract crap to the chain like teenage boys to a girly-mag. If you are riding in the sand or really dusty tracks you are better off applying WD40, CRC or a silicon spray.

Regularly check that the sprocket bolts are tightened as they can vibrate loose over time.Tighten up the chain adjuster lock nuts.Squeeze the chain against the swingarm with your hand to hold everything in place and tighten up the axle nut. Once you reach the correct tension, make sure both sides are evenly spaced (using the marker grooves on the adjuster blocks).You will see the top of the chain rise as you wind out the adjuster bolts. Wind out the chain adjuster bolts ( C) evenly on both sides until you reach the desired tension. Loosen off the axle nut (B) until it is only lightly tightened.Do this with your bike on a bike stand with the rear wheel off the ground. This is a good guide but will not be accurate if you have sausage fingers. You should only be able to fit those 3 fingers in. Tip: A quick and easy way to check the chain tension is to place your 3 middle fingers on top of each other (like a 3 fingered gun) between the chain and the back of the rubber chain guide on the front of the swingarm. Measure the movement in the middle of the chain.This is the point at which the chain will be stretched to its maximum. Use a piece of string running from the centre of the front sprocket to the rear sprocket to identify this. Use a tie-down to compress the rear suspension so that the front sprocket, swingarm pivot and rear axle are all in line with each other.

Here is the best way to check your chain tension: We offer chain breaker tool or you can use a bench grinder or hand grinderĪll of the Chains we sell include a master link This is common motorcycling knowledge and true industry wide on most all brandsĬhange out the drive chain to a quality D.I.D Renthal or Magnum before you have damage from a thrown chainĪll of the 420 Chain we sell will be long enough to suite most all builds but must be custom cut to length by you Z50 CRF50 CT70 DRIVE CHAIN, SPROCKET AND GEARING INFORMATIONĪll New dirt bikes come with drive chains that should be replaced very soon after break in