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Offline RichardL

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Re: Home-made tools
« Reply #120 on: 12.04. 2024 02:02 »
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« Reply #121 on: 12.05. 2024 22:58 »
I suspect I could he the last person to discover this, but here’s my sophisticated tool for use when tightening the gearbox drive sprocket.

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Re: Home-made tools
« Reply #122 on: 12.05. 2024 23:06 »
At the risk of being excoriated for overstressing the primary chain, here is the setup I used when tightening the cush nut. Notice two things: the wedges to prevent the cush cams from running over each other; the multiple wraps of cable to distribute force to multiple links. I used this same method about 4K miles ago with no apparent ill effects.

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