06-29-2024, 07:50 AM
You always adjust a chain to spec at the tightest measured spot along the lower chain run.
So if it were me, I'd go to that 5 mm spot and adjust the chain to read 35 mm slack, and then measure it at the loose spots. I would not ride it how you have it adjusted.
I can't imagine a chain having a spot THAT much different than the rest of the chain in 6000 miles, but if it truly has that tight of a spot, I suspect the chain is toast.
I personally at 6000 miles would just replace the chain and continue to run the original sprockets unless they show extreme wear as in hooked teeth with pointed tops.
So if it were me, I'd go to that 5 mm spot and adjust the chain to read 35 mm slack, and then measure it at the loose spots. I would not ride it how you have it adjusted.
I can't imagine a chain having a spot THAT much different than the rest of the chain in 6000 miles, but if it truly has that tight of a spot, I suspect the chain is toast.
I personally at 6000 miles would just replace the chain and continue to run the original sprockets unless they show extreme wear as in hooked teeth with pointed tops.