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😆 Hey all-how much chain slack do I want on a Leopard tag motor :cheers:
About a 1/4 inch of play. Be sure to tighten front motor mount screw first and then rear and then recheck tension. The chain should be just loose enough to allow the chain to pull from the top of the sprocket, not the front (too tight). Too tight and you ruin your chain and gear. Too loose you run the risk of it falling off and over reving your motor.
You might want to go a little looser. Dennis is a Rotax guy and all the lepurds I saw this season were looser.
Just my .02
I would suggest running the chain pretty loose. Alot looser than 1/2″. Early this year when I was new to the scene, i was conscious about how loose the chain was. I tried to keep it pretty tight; for some reason I thought that running it loose was bad until I pulled my engine’s main bearings from it being too tight. Now I run about 1 1/4″ of slack and my chains last alot longer and seem to run cooler.
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