Chain Adjustment Question

[olekzap_imp]

Adjust the slack to where you want it. Align the wheel. Torque the rear axle nuts to spec. Recheck alignment and slack. Then snug up the chain tension adjusters - that will hold everything in place. Not hard, just firmly with a small boxed end wrench. I had similar issues until I started doing that last step and now every time I check its right where it should be.

I actually did this the last time I adjusted the chain a couple weeks ago. I found your older post mentioning this. It still has about 1.5 inches of slack today. I'm starting to think that maybe it's just something about how I ride that causes this. Ferret above said he's on his original chain at 30 something thousand miles and it sounds like he does less maintenance on his than I do mine.

When you say snug up the tension adjusters, are you talking about snugging them up to pushing the axle forward or pushing the axle backwards? I have mine snugged up to push the axle forwards now.

Yep...pretty sure you should be doing that the other way around. After your next adjustment, snug your adjusters so that they're tugging backwards on the axle, and you should be golden. Good luck!

Yep...pretty sure you should be doing that the other way around. After your next adjustment, snug your adjusters so that they're tugging backwards on the axle, and you should be golden. Good luck!
I actually misspoke. I just went out and checked and they are definitely tightened to push the axle towards the rear. I appreciate the input though.