Drive Chain Slack Adjustment Explained on Husky 701 / KTM 690 / GasGas 700

[@chrisunderhill8853]

An old man taught me the best way to check tension on a chain and align it the first time with just a rag.. take a shop rag fold it in half, run it on the back sprocket and make it go to the furthest point away from the engine. Then loosen the bolts pull both sides tight then roll out the rag it will be 100% aligned and tight to the correct tension no chain measuring tool needed. when i first heard that i was like ya right.. and he proved to me it works. after he showed me how he then took the tension tool and show me it was dead on. i have done it that way for around 25 years now and so far never had a chain wear wrong or fail do to alignment or loose ware.

[@mkramsauer]

Good one brother 👊 not many take the time to show it right

[@trapskilla]

Gotta say I haven’t checked in on your channel in a bit but the editing has definitely improved. Good stuff man

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Thank you! I have been trying to polish things up a bit.

[@mikehawn8951]

Good info, I just put a few miles on the klr with all new sprockets and chain. Gonna recheck it. Not sure if everything will break in or how long untill the chain will loosen. Plus new rallz. Happy holidays Ben to you and your family! Cheers brother!

[@retiredwaterdoctor]

Don't be a slacker...keep the chain tensioned properly. Great tip on the stand also...I don't do a lot of heavy off road, so I have a center stand

[@mechcavandy986]

How did you find the tight spot? And why does it matter?

[@globetrotter6219]

Thank you, helped me greatly

[@sandwolf11]

This helps, thank you! :)

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Glad to hear it! No problem!

[@phatsmitty]

Holy smokes Ben, I'm only about 15 seconds deep into the vid, and I had to pause and say that bike is a sexy beech ...

[@Eds_PanAm]

can you do that while the bike is in the air on the stand? thats for the video, i'll be referencing it when i pick up my 701

[@SwankyCatProductions]

I believe it needs to be in the ground for the tension measurements. The weight of the bike changes the angle of the swing arm, which in turn affects the chain slack. Nice! It's an awesome machine!!!

[@Eds_PanAm]

@@SwankyCatProductions ok cool, i can do the panny either way, but i have the service manual to tell me how to do it lol

[@1wheeldrive751]

So, I was looking at the jack you link to in your comments. Unfortunately they want to charge $20 for shipping on a $40 jack. Yeah, no. I have a hydraulic ATV type jack, but it’s kind of big. I also have a cheap harbor freight dirt bike lift, but it puts the 701 too high. I’ve been using that and just shoving wood blocks under the front or rear wheels to make it stable. Not ideal. An adjustable scissor jack or hydraulic jack would be better

[@SwankyCatProductions]

The $20 dollar shipping is just to attract attention to that particular listing. You can either pay $40 for that jack and $20 for shipping, or $60 for another jack and get "free" shipping. All the same in the end really.

[@1wheeldrive751]

@@SwankyCatProductions - yeah, I get you. It just seems like more of a $40 jack. Maybe not.

[@JohnDoe-dk8zz]

What are those tires ? i imagine they are not 50/50 ? 20/80 ?

[@SwankyCatProductions]

I believe they're 80/20. Here's an affiliate link to them. Tusk D-Sports: www.rockymountainatvmc.com/tires-and-wheels/tusk-dsport%C2%AE-adventure-tire-p?ref=1042&

[@MattPerry]

if you ever had troubles of reliability with this bike?

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Not yet, but I haven't ridden it all that much yet either.

[@jackgreen9062]

You appear to have your chain adjuster blocks in backward.

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Could be 🤣