If you install them carefully they work fine unless your running a hot rod motor. Actually I've heard that getting those sprocket adapters to not slip is a problem. From my personal experience the rag joints work fine but they are a pain in the ass to mount
I have the same bike as yours and I was using the stock chain tensioner. On the first attempt at starting the bike the tensioner slid in and broke 8 spokes. We then drilled the tensioner into the frame of the bike so it wouldn’t budge but it decided it wanted to bend and completely destroy my wheel
I put one of these on after countless tinkering with the cheap system that comes with the kits.DEATH TRAPS!!! I upgraded the spring on my tensioner. Bingo. Ready to rip n roll😊
Is the death trap the stock tensioner or the new one with the regular spring? I'm confused by the syntax of your comment. I ordered a new tensioner for myself. Should I upgrade the spring?
0:43 This happened to me. It ended up coming loose and breaking two of my spokes. Lucky I was only going like 5mph and turned it off as soon as I heard the weird noise
That tensioner does not align chain where it is most likely to derail: where it meshes with rear sprocket. It also slams down during starting procedure
I have that Nel Lusso bike, too. I am thinking of putting a friction-mounted motor on it though instead of the 2 stroke as you did. I have already removed that plastic plate and medallion at the frame and will likely be cutting the rack off to allow the friction-mount to be placed on back. If I do that, I'll cap the ends with rubber pieces. These racks are notorious in breaking at the welds. I will be adding a 4-stroke engine. No need for a tension adjuster in what I am planning, but I may pick up another beach cruiser and put in the same type of motor as you have and then add in the tensioner as you did. Nice mod and seems like it should work well. Thanks for posting. Those look like the original tires on your bike. How are they holding up for you?
My plastic wheel tensioner literally exploded off my bike today, hit my spokes and flew off somewhere in to a field. Had to bike home. Ive been researching options for better quality wheel so this dont happen again, a metal one would be perfect.
That's why you take that cheap ass tension in the back of the bike and you weld it right on the frame that's why I do mine I pulled it and I weld it it didn't move yet
piece of hose helps save your paint find it helped it grab more evenly . drill thru your frame and tensioner once mint and aligned . locking pin little bolt or something to save the spokes . if u have to run the shitty one like me for now till this part arrives :) cheer s
I recently purchased a used motorized bicycle. I've got over a thousand total in the bike. I'm about to install spring tensioner. Thanks for video. My question is; how tight should chain be set? I've heard both tight and semi-loose and neither has worked. I'm hoping spring tensioner solves problem but which is it? Please!
Bought this and installed but my top chain hangs and touches my bottom chain?? I tried taking a link off but taking even one link off made it too short and it wouldn’t reach. Any suggestions???
How do you get the spacing between the 2 chains my chains are so close that they are hitting each other they aren’t lose it’s tight but idk how to get that gap
So I need help I just got my spring tension or installed it and everything But the little bolts on the arm Don’t seem to tighten all the way because the inside of the boat cab has some type of interlocking it
i can't wrap my mind around how these moped type bikes work. it just seems like the motor chain would turn the back wheel so the 6 speed chain should move with the back wheel just as quickly and make the pedals spin 20 mph. changing the gears in 6 speed mode while agh. i can't even explain my confusion
any extras anyone has to use like a tensioner and many "upgrades' on the aftermarket besides the kit is a waste of money unless you put together an aluminum bike
I have a stretched out frame and need 2 chain tensioners I purchased the pulley arm tensioner since the other doesn't fit on a 4 stroke does anyone have a video on installing them
I’ve seen bikes with no chain tensioner at all..they have a spring loaded one from factory on the bike, do I need one if my mountain bike already has one ? The tensioners are needed for a one speed bike