[Ducati] new Ducati owner - clutch

[Ronald Betts]

I guess I should explain. When the bike is weighted you compress the rear 
suspension and as a result the the swing arm is at a point where the 
distance from your front sprocket to the rear is at its greatest didtance. 
Therefore your chain is close to being at a point where there is the least 
amount of slack. Did that make any sense ?....;-}>



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
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>From: Ducman <duc-man at modern-corp.com>
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>Subject: Re: [Ducati] new Ducati owner - clutch
>Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 23:20:02 -0400
>
>25mm is fine, I usually measure from the middle of the chain on the  bottom 
>run with all the tension one the top one ( put it in gear and  roll the 
>rear wheel till all the tension is on the top run ), be sure  to use a 
>torque wrench on those bolts :)
>
>Paul M.
>On Jun 5, 2007, at 7:50 PM, John Sheerin wrote:
>
>>Thanks for all the ideas guys.  I just finished a large service on  my 
>>bike,
>>so I've got a new fuel filter and my pump is working well - I  previously 
>>had
>>problems with the pump relays, but I think that's a different set of
>>symptoms.  I've also recently replaced the plug wires and checked  the 
>>plugs,
>>so I'm pretty sure that's all good.
>>
>>On the chain slack - maybe...  I read the shop manual and the  Haynes and 
>>am
>>getting different opinions.  The Ducati manual seems to say that in  the
>>middle of the run, the bottom of the chain links should be 25mm  from the
>>bottom of the slider on the bottom of the swing arm.  The Haynes  says 
>>25mm
>>of 'freeplay'.  Is free play the same thing as that distance?  Is it
>>desirable to set it right at 25mm or less than that?
>>
>>Actually the more I think about, the more it makes sense that it's the
>>chain - mine looks like it's too loose any way you slice it, so too  
>>loose,
>>not much torque cruising with a mostly closed throttle, so not much  force 
>>to
>>keep the chain loaded, it's too loose so it can resonate on the  lower 
>>run,
>>it resonates, bouncing up and down that induces a very slight jerky  
>>feeling
>>in the bike.  I've got it adjusted to be 25mm from the slider at  the 
>>moment,
>>but I'll wait for some advice before retorquing the pinch bolts.
>>
>>Thanks again guys,
>>John
>>http://ldsg.snippets.org/HORNS/ducati.html
>>
>>
>>
>>>To much slack in the chain....?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
>>>I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!
>>
>>
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