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I will only take my bike to a shop if I absolutely cannot do it myself...but for the most part I can.
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Back to the topic...
Another thing that can be horrible on sprockets is alignment. Get the simple alignment tool by motion pro. I have noticed some bikes are as much as one whole mark off on the swing arm marks from one side to the other. |
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Who uses those marks? Not me...well when I had a chain to adjust.
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Many do. Theoretically they should be good. But they usually aren't.
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Thats been my experience. I've always gone with wrench turns. Never had a problem.
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The only Vortex sprocket I have ever seen fail like that the person had the axle spacers on the wrong side and the rear wheel was offset to one side about 1/4 inch. A chain being way to tight could also cause that.
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Vortex sprockets suck especially on liter bikes. They use a pretty soft aluminum and it wears in no time. I started to run steel 520 sprockets on my 1000, I haven't seen any wear at all.
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Crap chain maintence
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