Woohoo! Got my 'dale yesterday!
Woohoo! Got my 'dale yesterday!
Hey everyone! Just picked up my '03 Flag Cannibal yesterday. I spent most of the day today loctiting bolts and familiarizing myself with it, front and back today. Next weekend I'm going to take care of the break in, and on Thanksgiving week, it's Pismo baby!
I'll have pics tomorrow, though I'm sure everyone has seen ones just like it before.
I have only one question - chain slack. It seems that there is way too much, and the instructions in the owner's manual don't seem to work. 35 to 40 mm from the top of the swingarm to the bottom of the chain, but in order to get that, the chain is REALLY tight. Doesn't make sense. Anyway, if anyone has insight, that'd be cool.
I'll have pics tomorrow, though I'm sure everyone has seen ones just like it before.
I have only one question - chain slack. It seems that there is way too much, and the instructions in the owner's manual don't seem to work. 35 to 40 mm from the top of the swingarm to the bottom of the chain, but in order to get that, the chain is REALLY tight. Doesn't make sense. Anyway, if anyone has insight, that'd be cool.
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Ummm. Oops. :eek:
Hey Jeff, can you tell me what the "real" spec should be on the chain? Maybe the measurement on a properly adjusted chain (in your experience)? If you (or someone) could measure from the top of the swingarm just behind the chain slide to the bottom of the chain itself and let me what the measurement should be, maybe I can get mine back into spec.
THanks...
Hey Jeff, can you tell me what the "real" spec should be on the chain? Maybe the measurement on a properly adjusted chain (in your experience)? If you (or someone) could measure from the top of the swingarm just behind the chain slide to the bottom of the chain itself and let me what the measurement should be, maybe I can get mine back into spec.
THanks...
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wooo hoooo
congrats on the new machine bud! you are gonna love it!
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Guy, that is exactly what I am dealing with. The chain was adjusted the same on mine, it sounds like. I also got an '02 manual, and mine is much later SN.
The spec in the manual seems wrong, but the way it came was certainly wrong as well. The best that I can come up with is that the redesigned swingarm changes the spec, but the manual doesn't reflect that. Hmmm...
Marc
The spec in the manual seems wrong, but the way it came was certainly wrong as well. The best that I can come up with is that the redesigned swingarm changes the spec, but the manual doesn't reflect that. Hmmm...
Marc