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Sprocket cam balance weights?

Post by Ericvanrijn » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:37 am

Hi,
Because my original sprocket was broken I bought a new one. Luckely it was availible.
Can someone tell me what the function is of the metal blocks mounted to the original sprocket? I assume that these are for balancing?
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Post by Ericvanrijn » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:40 am

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Post by Ericvanrijn » Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:44 am

This is what I am going to receive
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Re: Sprocket cam balance weights?

Post by G-Man » Mon Aug 24, 2015 9:12 am

The original large sprocket was indended to damp out torqe fluctuations and give the cam chain an easier ride. It acted like a small flywheel but was later deemed unnecessary.

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Ericvanrijn wrote:Hi,
Because my original sprocket was broken I bought a new one. Luckely it was availible.
Can someone tell me what the function is of the metal blocks mounted to the original sprocket? I assume that this are for balancing?
See pictures
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Re: Sprocket cam balance weights?

Post by Ericvanrijn » Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:28 am

Hi G,
Thank you for this info! So installing the new sprocket without those wheight is no problem?

G-Man wrote:The original large sprocket was indended to damp out torqe fluctuations and give the cam chain an easier ride. It acted like a small flywheel but was later deemed unnecessary.

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Post by G-Man » Tue Aug 25, 2015 12:37 am

You'll be fine, providing you have the correct sprocket for your bike. The dream sprocket has a different advance/retard mechanism from CB and CL.

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Post by Ericvanrijn » Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:42 am

Thank you all for the help. Unfortunately the sprocket was not in stock anymore at CSMS.
So I bought one on eBay, I received it yesterday and I installed it. My question, is there some rule for how to mount this sprocket? at this moment I can shift it a bit to the right and to the left.
I can secure it with the bold in the camshaft at the right but what is the exact position of the sprocket?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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