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General Category => Maintenance => Topic started by: bigbore2 on May 15, 2012, 06:16:16 PM

Title: front sprocket
Post by: bigbore2 on May 15, 2012, 06:16:16 PM
How many of you guys flip your front sprocket to wear both sides of the teeth before you throw it away?
How many miles can you get before flipping?
Title: Re: front sprocket
Post by: fj11.5 on May 15, 2012, 06:19:46 PM
never bothered as I'm guessing it would chew up the chain sooner
Title: Re: front sprocket
Post by: RichBaker on May 15, 2012, 08:10:13 PM
Never bothered too, front sprockets are cheap..... 
Title: Re: front sprocket
Post by: cjard on May 16, 2012, 02:16:18 AM
I've done 42k miles on my FJ and the sprocket still looks pretty much new.. Scottoilers; they may throw oil all over your numberplate, but they seem to make the chaingear last ;)
Title: Re: front sprocket
Post by: bigbore2 on May 16, 2012, 02:13:54 PM
If you flip the sprocket you will get a brand new surface for the chain.  I could never do that with dirtbike chains because they only fit on one way. One side has a spacer built into the sprocket, but one these bikes [84-1100] one can flip it.