• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

    When he passed, I worked with his kids to gather the necessary credentials to keep this site running. Since then (and for however long they worked with Coffee), Woodschick and Dirtdame have been maintaining the site and covering the costs. Without their hard work and financial support, CafeHusky would have been lost.

    Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been working to migrate the site to a free cloud compute instance so that Woodschick and Dirtdame no longer have to fund it. At the same time, I’ve updated the site to a current version of XenForo (the discussion software it runs on). The previous version was outdated and no longer supported.

    Unfortunately, the new software version doesn’t support importing the old site’s styles, so for now, you’ll see the XenForo default style. This may change over time.

    Coffee didn’t document the work he did on the site, so I’ve been digging through the old setup to understand how everything was running. There may still be things I’ve missed. One known issue is that email functionality is not yet working on the new site, but I hope to resolve this over time.

    Thanks for your patience and support!

How safe is this?

notoriouz

notoriouz

Husqvarna
A Class
neqkCrz.jpg


How safe do you think it is to use this rear sprocket for about a week until my new sprocket and bolts/nuts arrive?

I don't think I can stay off the bike any longer, if I just torque the remaining 5 bolts and take it easy, will the sprocket survive?
 
Thanks for the input guys, it helps put my mind at ease. I just torqued the remaining 5 bolts and went for a 10 minute ride, checked them half way through and again at the end, they all seem to be staying tight for now. I'll just be sure to check them before and during my rides for the next week or so.

Motosportz said:
No problem at all. Run it. Replace the bolt and any others that might be damaged of course.
Click to expand...


I just ordered a 38t rear sprocket and 6 replacement nuts and bolts from Hall's. Just need to wait for him to order the sprocket in before he can have it shipped out!
 
1lunger said:
38?? Or 48? That a small one if its a 38!
Click to expand...


Factory SMS rear is 38. 17" wheels, remember, and we don't have the taller 5th and 6th of the TE. Mine tachs out around 110mph with stock gearing.

48T on a SMS would be stunt gearing.
 
mnb said:
interesting, stock gearing for the '03 SM was 15/45, same as the TE.
Click to expand...


610's had the same internal gearing between them, while the 630's have a different 5th and 6th ratio between the versions, both of which are lower than the 610 internal gearing. The TE has a taller 5th and 6th than the SMS.
 
I'd run it. What's the worst that could happen? The sprocket breaks loose, the chain wraps around the axle, locks up the rear, and you do multiple endos down the trail. I wear full Leatt gear and read my Bible every morning. No worries, mate.
 
I'd ride to the hardware store and look for a similar temporary bolt to make do until reinforcements arrive. And +1 on the no wheelies.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top