How anal are you about rear wheel alignment?

[racedoll]

So I changed my tire last week and didn't mess with anything but removing the rear axle nut.
I did make sure that the lines matched up on both sides in case they had been bumped. But never loosened those screws.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by racedoll

So I changed my tire last week and didn't mess with anything but removing the rear axle nut.
I did make sure that the lines matched up on both sides in case they had been bumped. But never loosened those screws.

Those lines aren't always accurate.



And I dont worry about it at all. My axle is fixed in one location.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by marko138

Those lines aren't always accurate.



And I dont worry about it at all. My axle is fixed in one location.

Truth. On both counts

[Trip]

Originally Posted by marko138

Those lines aren't always accurate.

And I dont worry about it at all. My axle is fixed in one location.

They have the same chance of being inaccurate as your swingarm being permanently unaligned for your belt.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Trip

They have the same chance of being inaccurate as your swingarm being permanently unaligned for your belt.

What I think I'm hearing from you is that those lines are all dead on on every single bike ever made.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by marko138

What I think I'm hearing from you is that those lines are all dead on on every single bike ever made.

You aren't hearing anything, you are reading it.

Apparently you are reading wrong too, because your bike has just as much chance at having an inaccuracy in the alignment as the mold for the other bikes. Except the other bikes can be adjusted to work within those inaccuracies, yours can't. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread about lining up chains.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Trip

You aren't hearing anything, you are reading it.

Apparently you are reading wrong too, because your bike has just as much chance at having an inaccuracy in the alignment as the mold for the other bikes. Except the other bikes can be adjusted to work within those inaccuracies, yours can't. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread about lining up chains.

I can't do anything about it if thats the case, you're right. But if my shit was adjustable I'd make damn sure it was in alignment, thats all I'm saying, don't trust the lines to be dead accurate. I'm not sure why you are debating that.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by marko138

I can't do anything about it if thats the case, you're right. But if my shit was adjustable I'd make damn sure it was in alignment, thats all I'm saying, don't trust the lines to be dead accurate. I'm not sure why you are debating that.

Because all what this is a bout is that is she likely to have a failure by using the lines? And the answer is a big fat no... Like Tigger said, he checked his lines to begin with on his sato chain adjusters and once he proved they were accurate, he just went by them. If there was a defect in his swingarm, he would of been subject to the same inaccuracy.... While there can be defects from bike to bike and cause inaccuracies, it's not common. You can check to make sure it's not once by using other methods and pretty much be set to go with using the lines. Most of the methods mentioned above can have pretty good chance at having minor defects and leading to inaccuracies as much or more in the adjustment as well.


Not part of the conversation above, but I really like the DRZs adjustment setup. It's not as flexible as a floating setup, but the step guide adjustments make for easy chain adjustments. That way I get the flexibility of different sprockets for different type riding and still have an easy chain alignment.