Drive Chain Slack Adjustment Explained on Husky 701 / KTM 690 / GasGas 700

Does your chain hang low? Does it wobble to and frow? Setting the proper amount of drive chain slack can be a little difficult, but its definitely something every rider should know how to do!
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[@chrisunderhill8853]

An old man taught me the best way to check tension on a chain and align it the first time with just a rag.. take a shop rag fold it in half, run it on the back sprocket and make it go to the furthest point away from the engine. Then loosen the bolts pull both sides tight then roll out the rag it will be 100% aligned and tight to the correct tension no chain measuring tool needed. when i first heard that i was like ya right.. and he proved to me it works. after he showed me how he then took the tension tool and show me it was dead on. i have done it that way for around 25 years now and so far never had a chain wear wrong or fail do to alignment or loose ware.

[@sandwolf11]

This helps, thank you! :)

[@mkramsauer]

Good one brother 👊 not many take the time to show it right

[@trapskilla]

Gotta say I haven’t checked in on your channel in a bit but the editing has definitely improved. Good stuff man

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Thank you! I have been trying to polish things up a bit.

[@globetrotter6219]

Thank you, helped me greatly

[@mikehawn8951]

Good info, I just put a few miles on the klr with all new sprockets and chain. Gonna recheck it. Not sure if everything will break in or how long untill the chain will loosen. Plus new rallz. Happy holidays Ben to you and your family! Cheers brother!

[@user-hq7rb5hv7s]

Don't be a slacker...keep the chain tensioned properly. Great tip on the stand also...I don't do a lot of heavy off road, so I have a center stand

[@phatsmitty]

Holy smokes Ben, I'm only about 15 seconds deep into the vid, and I had to pause and say that bike is a sexy beech ...

[@mechcavandy986]

How did you find the tight spot? And why does it matter?

[@Eds_PanAm]

can you do that while the bike is in the air on the stand? thats for the video, i'll be referencing it when i pick up my 701

[@SwankyCatProductions]

I believe it needs to be in the ground for the tension measurements. The weight of the bike changes the angle of the swing arm, which in turn affects the chain slack. Nice! It's an awesome machine!!!

[@Eds_PanAm]

@@SwankyCatProductions ok cool, i can do the panny either way, but i have the service manual to tell me how to do it lol

[@MattPerry]

if you ever had troubles of reliability with this bike?

[@SwankyCatProductions]

Not yet, but I haven't ridden it all that much yet either.