Well the other day i was out riding and i came down off of a table hard on the throttle and low and behold, the chain snapped and got locked up between the sprocket and the case.
Then i noticed that i was dripping oil, and i thought well crap there goes my left side case. There does appear to be a decent sized hole in the case, so im most likely getting a new one to replace it.
my problem comes from what made the chain snap. It was an oring protaper chain, had about 26 hours on it. One ride day before it snapped, i noticed that it was loose (like 4 fingers between the swingarm and chain behind the end of the guide) so we tightened it up to 3 fingers (again, behind the chain guide. hope that was the correct move) and it didnt seem excessively tight through the stroke at all and got rid of an annoying rattling noise. I just checked the sprocket bolts and they seem pretty tight, so im kinda stumped as to what went wrong here. Any help is appreciated!
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