Ok I know I sound like a complainer but what is the deal with the instructions on how to adjust the chain on a 2011 TE 310? Talk about confusing. I have not looked at the shop manual yet. Is Husky/BMW ON CRACK? The manual should say put bike on stand and at a point on swing arm the gap should be X. How could someone put out crap like this? I am not an idiot but what guidelines do you guys use for chain adjustment?
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Hi everyone,
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Chain adjustment TE 310
- Thread starter DavidB
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Hope this helps.
http://www.motorcycle.com/products/all-about-chains-3524.html
http://www.motorcycle.com/products/all-about-chains-3524.html
DG Harv Serv
Husqvarna
AA Class
" The manual should say put bike on stand and at a point an the swing arm the gap should be X. "
IT DOES ************************************************************************************************************************!!
MAYBE ITS NOT HUSKY WHOS ON CRACK ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
IT DOES ************************************************************************************************************************!!
MAYBE ITS NOT HUSKY WHOS ON CRACK ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
I see no use of the word "stand" or the equivalent on that page.
DG Harv Serv
Husqvarna
AA Class
I give up !
Look at the first Photo , the bikes on a stand !
Sorry but this is getting crazy , some ammount of common sense and basic knowledge needs to be used .
Look at the first Photo , the bikes on a stand !
Sorry but this is getting crazy , some ammount of common sense and basic knowledge needs to be used .
I am just having fun. It is all good. The shop manual does it better. It mentions to use a 35mm socket or equivalent. The owners manual above says to use a bush or shim 35 mm!! What the heck are they talking about. When I spend $8000 on a bike they can spend more time review the owners manual. That manual is junk. Sorry.
DG Harv Serv
Husqvarna
AA Class
My last post on this !
How is your Italian ? Do you know where Italy is ? They dont speak american ! Give them a break ****************************************!
Anybody with a little common sense can look at pictures at work it out , errmmmm ************************************************************************************************************************!!
How is your Italian ? Do you know where Italy is ? They dont speak american ! Give them a break ****************************************!
Anybody with a little common sense can look at pictures at work it out , errmmmm ************************************************************************************************************************!!
husky bom
Husqvarna
A Class
im not so smart at times....... but i have no problems with reading the husky manual it even has pic's for real dummies....... been adjusting my chain as per manual never a problem
husky bom
Husqvarna
A Class
this pic is the wrong way up i could see how people are having troubles..... LOL
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
plus only a little of the stand is visible. At least my BMW manual says to put the bike on the sidestand (yeah, I know, wtf? but it specifically SAYS what to do). It doesn't show only the very top of the stand in a small photo and expect you to notice that.
You guys are morons. As soon as Honda comes out with a street legal bike like a 250 or 300 I am going to put a bullet in this Husky! Kidding DG Harv everything is ok. I spent $25K on a Harley and that manual is junk. I don't care where something is made, that manual better make sense. I have a chain guard and I can't even fit a 35mm socket between the swing arm and chain. Manual says nothing about that. Ok I am going to work on the bike. All good.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
A 35mm socket is too large, you need one that's 35mm outside diameter, not inside diameter. Personally, I just measure the slack with measuring tape.
dalecarlsbad1
Husqvarna
C Class
If this is an example of the only complaints about the Husky.......we should all consider our good fortune. Personally.....I just check the chain slack by "feel" but then again this comes with time spent working & maintaining my motorcycles.
Obviously good mechanical sense must come into play. I just adjusted by feel. I am just old fashioned. I believe in selling something that makes sense or providing services that were promised. We need to hold people and companies and people to a higher standard and not accept less. Ok off subject but I couldn't provide accounting services like Husky produces their manual. I would starve. Go ride and be safe.
mnb
Husqvarna
Pro Class
The official spec for my F800GS is to check the slack while the bike is on the sidestand. So, for me, it wasn't quite so obvious. I haven't owned 30 sidestandless dirt bikes over the years (so a center stand underneath would be about the only option).
IMO, the guy had a reasonable expection. The procedure was not fully documented. It's not like Husky would have gone broke adding "After putting the bike on a center stand."
LRPct
Husqvarna
AA Class
Maybe I just expect too much from people. Since most manuals also don't show you how to properly RIDE a bike, especially an offroad one, myself assuming that if your smart enough to learn how to keep your balance all the while using BOTH feet AND hands to operate said bike, you should probally also be smart enough to know how to BOTH adjust a chain properly AND how to support the bike as well without step by step directions in print as well as big pics. Silly me.
Btw. Not sure if its mentioned in the hard to read manual, but when you pull out into traffic with that TE you should look BOTH ways before doing so to help avoid injury by another vehicle. Again, just in case the Husky OR BMW manual don't mention it...
Btw. Not sure if its mentioned in the hard to read manual, but when you pull out into traffic with that TE you should look BOTH ways before doing so to help avoid injury by another vehicle. Again, just in case the Husky OR BMW manual don't mention it...
LRPct
Husqvarna
AA Class
There's no need to be rude and condescending.
It's a manual for orienting the user with THAT bike and basic service, not an MSF guide.
There's more than one way to adjust the chain and different bikes have different adjustments. Clearly you disagree.
Actually, there's only one way to adjust the chain. Many ways to measure the slack though. The proper one only takes one picture to figure out. No matter what the bike is you don't want any chain tighter than any other bike when the chain is at it's tightest point. As far as being rude and condescending, I wasn't the one talking about what "crap" this is when any grown adult knows there's many reasons why companies that service so many different markets have manuals that don't seem so clear in EVERY language they are printed in, and asking who's the one "on crack".
All the while making it clear that it wasn't really so much an issue as he had the "old fashioned mechanical sense" to know what he was doing anyway..
So it was a purely just to bitch... guess it's contagious.... I hate hearin about bitchin about bitchin just for bitchin sakes....
