Thu, 16 Apr 1998 12:23:08 +0100
- Message No. 2618
From: Sheridan Coulter
Subject: RE: Scottoiler
Your theory would seem correct, but the inside of my chain is wet, the
chain hasn't needed adjusting in 8k miles I've owned the bike, I can
only assume a percentage of oil drops through to the sprocket and feeds
the chain from the inside. The chain seems nicely lubed all over, I
don't get one lubed better than the other as has happened in the past
when I've fed to the back sprocket, and the oil consumption is low.
Not saying the way I did solves all problems but certainly worked for
me.
Regards
Sheridan Coulter
Technical Project Leader
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Longhurst [SMTP:clonghur@es.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 16, 1998 11:40 AM
To: 'Sheridan Coulter'; 'WIWAT@t-online.de';
xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: RE: (XRV) Scottoiler
> The advantage of feeding the front sprocket is you do not get
ANY mess
> on the rear wheel, but you do get quite a mess inside the
front
> sprocket
> cover.
> Don't know if this will work on any other models, but it is
the
> neatest
> solution I have ever come up with for a scottoiler.
>
Hmm. Surely this means you're lubing the outside of the chain
then? I
thought the whole point of a Scottoiler was that you aimed the
drip at
the inside of the chain on the lower part of the rear sprocket
so the
oil is forced into the side plates for lubrication as it goes
around the
rear sprocket? Surely if you're lubing the outside of the chain
at the
front then it's all just being thrown straight off again, which
might
account for the mess inside your front sprocket cover?
"Aaalrighty then" - Ace Ventura.
Chris Longhurst, Flight Simulator Graphics Modeller.
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/2195/
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