Tue, 27 Oct 1998 17:34:08 +0100
- Message No. 4357
From: "Falk Schmal"
Subject: Attention: cheap chain kits
Hi ATIC's,
i have made some bad experiences with cheap chain kits for the RD04. The old
owner of my AT has always take the cheap chain kits from Polo and now is my
drive shaft (Antriebswelle) broken. All the tooths have only the half width
and i have bad load change reactions (Lastwechselreaktionen). I think that
is the reason for the poor lifespan of my old original chain kit (only
18.000 km). Other people with the same problem on the RD04 says to me, it's
the poor quality of the pinion onto the drive shaft.
So, the repair is not cheap, more than 1200 DM in the Honda garage. But i
can save some money if i go to a free garage (app. 950 DM).
Now my suggestion: if you take a third party chain kit test the fitting of
the pinion onto the drive shaft carefully and if the fitting is not correct
take a original pinion or complain the kit!
Now i have take the chain kit from DIFI (X-Ring) and other people have
recommended to me the kit from AFAM.
Best regards, Falk
www@atic.org