my baby is broken

[ANVIL99]

sorry to hear about that hope you can fix the damage.my chain broke on my 1986 fj after a 3 week tour to vancover and back to ontario canada.my brother(kawasaki zx-10)and I
were in barrie ontario only 1 hour from home when it let go at 120 kph needless to say it piled up into the drive sprocket and blow a hole into the lower case half but I was able
to maintain control and pull to the shoulder of the 400 highway in Barrie.All the oil in the engine came out in about 30 seconds on the side of the highway. As a morning routine we
would check and lube our chains before setting off for the days ride but we rode in 5 days of rain coming back from vancover and I believe the lube was washed away by the rain
every day for 5 days.If I was to do it again I would install and brand new top quality chain before the ride.

[fj11.5]

thanks mate, ill know more when i put new oil in,, wow,  that was a good save,  lucky it didnt lock the wheel, , sounds like it did similar to mine, , chain bunch up hard against the sprocket, is fun to get back out  ,, did you fix the case, or fit another engine ,,
cheers
rod

[movenon]

sorry to hear about that hope you can fix the damage.my chain broke on my 1986 fj after a 3 week tour to vancover and back to ontario canada.my brother(kawasaki zx-10)and I
were in barrie ontario only 1 hour from home when it let go at 120 kph needless to say it piled up into the drive sprocket and blow a hole into the lower case half but I was able
to maintain control and pull to the shoulder of the 400 highway in Barrie.All the oil in the engine came out in about 30 seconds on the side of the highway. As a morning routine we
would check and lube our chains before setting off for the days ride but we rode in 5 days of rain coming back from vancover and I believe the lube was washed away by the rain
every day for 5 days.If I was to do it again I would install and brand new top quality chain before the ride.

OK you guy's convinced me... I ordered a 530 EK ZZZ chain yesterday   159.00 USD  delivered was the best price I found. I cringe at the tough of breaking a chain and destroying my case or worse yet me.
George

[Thmsdoyle]

George I also went the Ek ZZZ chain, $140 from INDYsuperbike.com. They are here in my back yard, didn't have the in stock but had it the next day. I cringed with the destruction it caused in the pictures.

[movenon]

George I also went the Ek ZZZ chain, $140 from INDYsuperbike.com. They are here in my back yard, didn't have the in stock but had it the next day. I cringed with the destruction it caused in the pictures.

That's who I bought my chain from also  . 140.00 plus 17.00 to ship here. Locally here they are over 200.00 plus sales tax......
George

[racerman_27410]

thats a great price on the ZZZ chain... 



KOokaloo!

[fj11.5]

good price for a decent chain mate, ill have to wait till i can afford one myself

[fj11.5]

Hope to find out next week if the repairs worked, if not I now have the basics to build up a new engine  , ,bought from formaz parts plus, one fj1200 incomplete block, with crank, barrels,  pistons,rods, selector forks,few other items in her, no electrics or carbs $140 delivered,  , with the selector forks or for that matter the engine itself,  how can you tell what year it is,  as It would be good if it has the later selectors , , now just need to learn how to build an engine,  or have an extremely long phone call to rpm 

[movenon]

Hope to find out next week if the repairs worked, if not I now have the basics to build up a new engine  , ,bought from formaz parts plus, one fj1200 incomplete block, with crank, barrels,  pistons,rods, selector forks,few other items in her, no electrics or carbs $140 delivered,  , with the selector forks or for that matter the engine itself,  how can you tell what year it is,  as It would be good if it has the later selectors , , now just need to learn how to build an engine,  or have an extremely long phone call to rpm 

I hope the repair works. Lots of help here on rebuilding an engine. Let us know how she runs out !
George

[fj11.5]

Thanks mate,, I can do all the easy outside the casings bolt on stuff, cams,shims ect , but getting into the heart ill sure need help