520 to 530 updrade.....
Well i'm not doing it to get more performance, but.....
To get longer life from my front sprockets....
...I hope....
My rear sprocket shows hardly any signs of wear, and......
The chain always shows no real signs of wear or stretch.....
But that dam front sprocket wears........
I do get a lot of miles tho be4 a change.....20,000 miles..aprx...
I was checking the thickness between the 520 JT i now use, and the 530 JT i will be changing soon......
WOW!!!! what a difference.......
A whole 1/8 inch thicker on that 530......
N that chain is really-really rugged.......
Now if it all fits.......
The rear sprocket on the 530 has a kinda depression on one side of it where it bolts on......
The other side has none....
The front sprocket has no depressions at all....
So i will have to check the old front sprocket when i remove it to see if that has a depression or not.......
The reason will be to make sure of alinements of the 2 new sprockets.
I also will have the problem of the front sprocket nut being out a bit further n possibly hitting on the sensor that bolts on next to it....
My solution to that will be by taking a bit off the outside of that nut with a grinder......gently.........
Possibly that 1/8 inch of thickness the new sprockets are.
That outter section of nut does nothing as i can tell.
The threds on the shaft only go about half way or a bit further into the nut with stock sprockets.....
I'm betting that if i put the front sprocket on normally, and......
Then install the rear sprocket with the depression facing outward everything will be in line.
If i install the rear the otherway i think it will be offset a bit toward center or rim, and that will throw the chain off making adjustment hard, and not right.
Any thoughts will be appreciated.....
opcorn:
Well i'm not doing it to get more performance, but.....
To get longer life from my front sprockets....
My rear sprocket shows hardly any signs of wear, and......
The chain always shows no real signs of wear or stretch.....
But that dam front sprocket wears........
I do get a lot of miles tho be4 a change.....20,000 miles..aprx...
I was checking the thickness between the 520 JT i now use, and the 530 JT i will be changing soon......
WOW!!!! what a difference.......
A whole 1/8 inch thicker on that 530......
N that chain is really-really rugged.......
Now if it all fits.......
The rear sprocket on the 530 has a kinda depression on one side of it where it bolts on......
The other side has none....
The front sprocket has no depressions at all....
So i will have to check the old front sprocket when i remove it to see if that has a depression or not.......
The reason will be to make sure of alinements of the 2 new sprockets.
I also will have the problem of the front sprocket nut being out a bit further n possibly hitting on the sensor that bolts on next to it....
My solution to that will be by taking a bit off the outside of that nut with a grinder......gently.........
Possibly that 1/8 inch of thickness the new sprockets are.
That outter section of nut does nothing as i can tell.
The threds on the shaft only go about half way or a bit further into the nut with stock sprockets.....
I'm betting that if i put the front sprocket on normally, and......
Then install the rear sprocket with the depression facing outward everything will be in line.
If i install the rear the otherway i think it will be offset a bit toward center or rim, and that will throw the chain off making adjustment hard, and not right.
Any thoughts will be appreciated.....
opcorn: