Chain and sprockets DIY assistance, please!
 

Hi team,

I will soon be ordering a D.I.D 525 X-RING Heavy Chain and sprockets.
Sticking with stock gearing of 15/45


Found on OTR.de

EUR$159.90


My local Yam shop have quoted me:


�176.00 (supplied/fitted) �60.00 (Labour only)



Should I do this myself or get them to do it?
The price they quoted seems to be fairly reasonable.


What tools would I need, took the sprocket cover off today to clean gunk out and the front sprocket nut is a big ol' boy.

Also, there seems to be a tab washer underneath... that would need replacing presumably?

Finally... a chain riveter... I don't have one of these.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Regards,

Steve.

Found this; dont know if its much of help?

part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L6s...yer_detailpage

part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN45uHEb8zg

Got the same set up, and if i can do it, trust me when i say anyone can. Just take care not to over torque any of the nuts on the rear sproket. Which i somehow managed to do? Which resulted in having to buy new stainless bolts. I have a real bad tendency to over tight everything because i just cant be bothered to read manuals.

You need the right tooling ofcourse. And, beware!, to get the big nut of the front sprocket to come loose probably is going to be quite a struggle (right size socket + 50cm lever + assistent to load up the rear brake/push down the wheel to the floor and act as dead weight).

Rest of the job isn't too difficult.

HJ

You will want one of these to get the front sprocket off...

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...C=GS-060810610

Probably the best power tool I've ever bought ^ :D

Also, I presume you aren't going to actually order service parts from Germany. Try Wemoto instead, looks like about �100 for a chain and sprocket set.

Why 525? Or did you mean to write 520?

These are the best chain riveters I've ever used...

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorc...-riveting-tool

However the cheaper ones they sell in Machine Mart are adequate, and what I use. I only use them to rivet, waste of time trying to split the old chain, just cut it off with an angle grinder ;)

You can usually reuse the tab washers a few times before the tabs fall off, but it's worth having a couple of spares around.

acctually I can not recommend a 525 chain. I had one on my own bike and it lasted only 30000 km. And it was a strong chain (Enuma EK 525ZVX2), much stronger than the DID chain supplied with the chain kit of OTR.
Switched back to 520 (Enuma EK 520SRX). Much cheaper. Advantage of Enuma/EK chains, they have a bolt on joining link.

If you have access to a rattle gun, taking the front sprocket nut off is a breeze :)

hi there - you can pop round to my place if you like and i'll fit it for you (i drink jack daniels :) )

i bought this kit and its been ok for over 20k miles (but i use a scottoiler). i only paid �105 odd but it gone up to �138

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-XT6...item336e290165

Thanks everyone for the replies! Will stick with the 520 chain, and get it from WeMoto.


John, fantastic stuff!

I'll email you, thanks mate.

Won't be for a while now, as I have to save for a new pannier after a wee drop. :D

I'm looking at getting something similar. So you would recomend? I always thought that to get decent impact drivers they were 240v and expensive!

Do you just clip it to your bike battery?

I've got a car jumpstart pack with a lighter socket on it, so I generally use that, although I have run it off the bike as well. It comes with both a lighter socket plug and a set of clips to go onto the battery terminals.

It's genuinely brilliant. It doesn't act like a rattle gun - you'd need big power for that - it just spins up for a few seconds then goes 'donk'.

Spin, donk, spin, donk, spin, donk, undone ;)


I've got a pneumatic rattle gun on a shelf somewhere. It's useless because I don't have a big enough compressor to run it. Can't afford one, and don't really have the space for it.

Right then.....via Machine Mart on my way back from work 2mo then, .

Im the same as you, i would like a airline setup but i just dont have the room.

cheers