New bodge / error.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Today I removed the chainguard that had what looks like 40 years of grime on the inside, a solid layer of tar type crud was coated where the chain has flung all the muck.

First thing I noticed was a pretty basic mistake on the chain link - pretty sure the closed end of the link should allways follow the direction of chain travel when going forwards.



.Chain link by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[SteveD CB500K0]

Yep.

That’s on backwards.

Doesn’t bode well does it?


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[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

It's not great that something so basic was fitted wrong.
I'm still doing some digging as to who owned the bike post 2022 when it left Wellingborough - all the substantial itemised invoices end in 2022.
The PO I bought it from acquired the bike on 7/9/24 from  someone in the Leicester area. Thats looking like 2 years of ownership where things were not fixed properly.

Looking at the dirt layers I do not think the engine has been removed since the last major engine work  in late 2015, it had a top end overhual in 2019 when the cam chain was replaced.
 
It had a new chain & sprockets fitted in Sept 2017 by the garage though it could have been removed since then.

[Murf]

Will keep my fingers crossed for you, just let’s hope the same person didn’t do the cam chain. I guess you will be  checking out the top end during your refurb anyway.

[Bryanj]

Cam Xhain is Hy-Vo and doesnt have a link

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Pretty much all of the work was done by RGS of Wellingborough.
The parts were mostly supplied by the bike owner.