I needed to readjust the chain because it was too loose compared to the specifications.
Several criteria and methodologies for chain adjustment were proposed, which I ended up learning about through explanatory videos on YouTube.
I still feel a little uncomfortable even after watching all the videos regarding the alignment of the rear wheel and the front wheel.
A simple device for chain alignment was mentioned, which makes the crown and sprocket align with the chain as a reference.
I was using this tool as shown in the photo below.
Although the photo has a perspective in relation to the camera as an observer, it is representing the same point of view from my perspective looking perpendicularly from top to bottom.
I noticed that the length of the device's arm is very small and a small variation within the length of the device's arm can become a very large divergence along the path to the motorcycle's sprocket.
This photo I left above represents how the alignment was after tightening and correcting the chain slack.
It seems that there is a very small distortion ((which projects all the way to the motorcycle's sprocket with a small increase in divergence).
Is this an acceptable value of divergence and can it be considered aligned or is a readjustment necessary in your opinion (as pictures above)?
One of the videos I watched was from the "moto garage" channel in which he presents alignment methods in which there seems to be no need, after using this device, to check the alignment of the rear and front tires with string.
I feel a little uncomfortable because any reference we take with the naked eye will always be subject to error, no matter how small the error is.
Assuming that this alignment already has the potential to align the rear and front wheels, I would like to know from you what other methods or if the one applied here is sufficient for the safety of the alignment.
Is an alignment procedure using string necessary after aligning the chain with the device I used?
Thanks
Several criteria and methodologies for chain adjustment were proposed, which I ended up learning about through explanatory videos on YouTube.
I still feel a little uncomfortable even after watching all the videos regarding the alignment of the rear wheel and the front wheel.
A simple device for chain alignment was mentioned, which makes the crown and sprocket align with the chain as a reference.
I was using this tool as shown in the photo below.
Although the photo has a perspective in relation to the camera as an observer, it is representing the same point of view from my perspective looking perpendicularly from top to bottom.
I noticed that the length of the device's arm is very small and a small variation within the length of the device's arm can become a very large divergence along the path to the motorcycle's sprocket.
This photo I left above represents how the alignment was after tightening and correcting the chain slack.
It seems that there is a very small distortion ((which projects all the way to the motorcycle's sprocket with a small increase in divergence).
Is this an acceptable value of divergence and can it be considered aligned or is a readjustment necessary in your opinion (as pictures above)?
One of the videos I watched was from the "moto garage" channel in which he presents alignment methods in which there seems to be no need, after using this device, to check the alignment of the rear and front tires with string.
I feel a little uncomfortable because any reference we take with the naked eye will always be subject to error, no matter how small the error is.
Assuming that this alignment already has the potential to align the rear and front wheels, I would like to know from you what other methods or if the one applied here is sufficient for the safety of the alignment.
Is an alignment procedure using string necessary after aligning the chain with the device I used?
Thanks