swll360
03-15-2004, 12:48 PM
Last thursday i was on my way to work and i heard this big pop come from my bike. All of a sudden my clutch was gone and i was coast'n out of gear. I had my bike pick'd up and brought to my buddies garage were i proceeded to perform surgeory. What had happened was my chain (the brand new 520 i just bought) snaped tearing 4 teeth off of the front sprockett, cracking the stator cover, and snaping the clutch push rod in half. The only reason i could think of that would make this happen was that when i put the new chain on i didn't press the plate on the clip link down hard enough. I mean, it's looked good when i pressed it but who knows. Also, I use channel locks to do it cuz i didn't have a chain link press. Got one now. I inspected some of my friends bikes that didn't have the clip anymore and their chain seemed pretty solid. I don't know......Has this happened to anyone before??