so as i was riding through the campus parking lot this evening, i goosed the throttle a bit and got an unfortunate suprise. horrible, grinding noises, and a loss of power.
i stopped to see what was up, and discovered my chain had come totally off the rear sprocket (and chewed up my swingarm...), and i was missing the end-cap retainer thinger from the left side of the end of my swingarm. i wandered around till i found it. seems like i broke the bolt that connects it to the adjuster.
i could roll the chain back onto the sprocket, but it's too loose to do any good. if i applied more than the slightest power, it would come off again.
so, in order of importance at the moment:
1) anybody have a quick fix that will limp me home?
2) anybody know what i'll have to buy and do, to actually fix this?
3) anybody know why this would have happened?
i stopped to see what was up, and discovered my chain had come totally off the rear sprocket (and chewed up my swingarm...), and i was missing the end-cap retainer thinger from the left side of the end of my swingarm. i wandered around till i found it. seems like i broke the bolt that connects it to the adjuster.
i could roll the chain back onto the sprocket, but it's too loose to do any good. if i applied more than the slightest power, it would come off again.
so, in order of importance at the moment:
1) anybody have a quick fix that will limp me home?
2) anybody know what i'll have to buy and do, to actually fix this?
3) anybody know why this would have happened?