bent swing arm?

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Edited Date/Time 4/10/2014 11:12am
I can't remember the name but when I'm adjusting slack on the chain the little blocks that have the lines. When I line both up perfectly my wheel is crooked to the right a lot so I have the left block at line 3 and the right side block to line 5 ? And its perfectly strait What's wrong I cannot figure it out.plz help thanks
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slatermx 4/7/2014 9:08pm
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MnxTT 4/7/2014 9:42pm
4/7/2014 9:42pm
How about Bent Axle?, this looks way off...is your axle block deformed?

also>>>>> Maybe you installed your Axle block backwards from each other easy to do

Take the wheel off take the axle out of wheel...

Roll Axle on a flat surface to check for round out....

Put the axle in side with out wheel and match up lines on each side of the blocks,

take a level and see if you axle is plum of course your bike would have to be level where it sits.
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Skerby 4/7/2014 10:09pm
4/7/2014 10:09pm
Count from the back of the blocks on yamahas. The left block is missing two marks from the front.
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MnxTT 4/8/2014 12:36pm
4/8/2014 12:36pm
Any Luck? lol Embarrassed hahah Woohoo

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project racer 4/8/2014 5:45pm
4/8/2014 5:45pm
Sight down the top of the chain, from the rear sprocket to the C/S sprocket. If the sprockets and chain are running in a straight formation, and the wheel is centered, screw what the marks are at. Mass production could have the marks off by a bit anyhow.

Skerby seems to have the answer to your problem ,though.

If the axle was bent, you would have probably never gotten it out of the wheel without some force.
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Paw Paw 271 4/9/2014 12:06pm
4/9/2014 12:06pm
Make sure wheel bearings are good.
xnationalwrench 4/9/2014 1:16pm
4/9/2014 1:16pm
The old school way of adjusting the chain is not going by the notches (marks) but use a tape measure from the swing arm pivot bolt to the rear axle on both sides.
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rallendude 4/10/2014 11:12am
4/10/2014 11:12am
I don't know about the Yamahas but could the one on the right be in backwards? Some have more meat on one side of the axle than the other. Make sure the front sides match.

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