r3n3gad3

i just got myself a new pocket bike and am wondering how the proper break in period works...and advice on chain adjusting is greatly appreciated...
thx

WPG Racer

tighten the chain just before the point when u hear it clicking when u spin the back wheel. i would run 3 tanks of 32:1 for a start

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r3n3gad3

do you mean when i turn the back wheel i should here a clicking sound and it should be good?..and 25:1 for 5 full tanks as said in manuals arent good?

WPG Racer

no. u shouldnt hear it. tighten it till you hear a clicking noise and then let it off a little bit at a time until the noise is gone. 5 tanks of 25:1 is a bit overkill.

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r3n3gad3

i get you now..so keep adjusting the back nut and tghen tighten it and try to roll the back wheel..and if still makes a clicking sound keep adjusting it till its gone...right

cag07

If you hear clicking its the chain out of wack(not straight)look down the length of the chain(while kneeling down behind the top of the chain(I put the bike on a bench to get a level view)If it curves in the middle or so use the adjusters on each side of the back of the swingarm to correct it,it should be staight all the way.Loosen your axle nut and tighten or loosen the adjusters the way you want the front of the sprocket to go to alighen the the chain.Loosen the left one and tighten the right to make the sprocket/chain go right,vice versa.Once you do that check your chain tension,if its to tight loosen them alittle till it has 1/2 up and down movement with the center of the chain, then tighten your axle nuts back,I also tighten the adjusters a whole turn just incase the axle loosens.

r3n3gad3

okay okay.......the nig nuts or bolt is loosen to align the sprocket and chain...and the smalluts are for the chain tension???.....lol sorry for all the questions but yeah im still new to this...

cag07

No the big nuts to loosen the axle AND I forgot to mention,there is a bolt on the top front side of the rear brake you have to loosen too,It will be a bar mounted to the brake thats also mounted to the frame,loosen it first,anyway big nuts are the axle,loosen them and you adjust the tension and chain alighnment with the adjusters small nuts,one on the tip of each side of the swingarm.Just make sure you tighten the brake to frame adjuster last and loosen it first.If you don`t loosen it you will only be abel to adjust the left adjuster,the nut on the right will turn but it won`t be doing anything.

cag07

WPG is right,5 tanks of 32:1 is alot of over kill,just run 2-3 tanks of that,do heat cycling (run 1o mins.turn it off,wait till it cools,do it again)first 5 or so times you run it and DO NOT run the bike wide open throttle,1/2 to 3/4 is plenty and don`t run it at one constant rpm either fluctuate the rpms

r3n3gad3

..when i loosen the big nuts and the bolt on the brake i shoudl be able to move the axel left or right....right?....and this is to adjust the tension????...and the small nuts on each sides are for allighment so that i would hear the clicking noise...???..did i get it that time??