trialsiain Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Why when i spin my cranks back my freewheel moves side to side kinda, and the chain tension changes... is something loose ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 No that's how it should be baby. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake. Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Happens with mine too but not much, I had a friend who had about a cm side to side movement...Mines less than 1mMm* haha 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostrider88 Posted September 27, 2012 Report Share Posted September 27, 2012 Happens with mine too but not much, I had a friend who had about a cm side to side movement... Mines less than 1m Mm* haha No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtrials Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 if your chain gets tight loose tight loose tight loose then your freewheel or sprocket is bent slightly... mine done that and when i changed it the chain slack was the same all round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradJohnson Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 if your chain gets tight loose tight loose tight loose then your freewheel or sprocket is bent slightly... mine done that and when i changed it the chain slack was the same all round No it doesn't. It's perfectly normal for some side to side movement, It's nothing to worry about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtrials Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 ohh aha it must of just been mine that was nackered then lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Is there anyway to help this because mine is quite bad. It's hard to tention my chain. Would running a full bashing help as appose to a half ring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Spoke tensioner laurence! I've found they were a little harder to get done properly on FFW because the chain is constantly moving but it can be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F.N.G Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Mines, like this. I remember posting a video about it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 it's because it's pretty hard to make the threads on cranks exactly central. Some cranks are better than others, but yeah, it's nothing to do with the freewheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Winton. Posted September 28, 2012 Report Share Posted September 28, 2012 Ali is right, tends to be off centre threads or a bend/play in the bottom bracket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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