Chain adjustment and chain guide?

[knothead]

Originally Posted by Q

If you don't have a strap available you can remove one of the bolts in the suspension linkage and let the bike drop down until the countershaft, swing arm pivot bolt, and rear axle line up. Then adjust the chain to 1/2" play.

On my Lifan GY5 I end up with a full 3.25" of play with the bike on the side stand! Yikes!!! Absolutely necessary though if you don't want to break something.

The GY5 rear suspension geometry sucks. One of my winter projects is to move the swing arm pivot point down an inch or so on the frame.

Q

X2. I started off adjusting my chain per the sticker on the swingarm. Then I noticed how tight the chain was when I sat on the bike!
So I'm like you, with no weight on the bike I have around 3" of slop. Fully compressed it's just shy of being tight. This is on an '07 GY-5 as well.