barelycompetent
81 XS650 Special
So on Monday of this week I was riding my bike, and I had just pulled into my driveway and shut it off. Did a plug check and went to back it of my driveway and my rear wheel locked up. A sprocket bolt had backed out, caught the edge of the shock bolt, and dropped my chain adjuster down, bending that bolt to the point it snapped when I tried to take it off. I got a new sprocket bolt, torqued them all down to 27lbs, re staked all of the locking tabs, got a new to me chain adjuster and put everything back on the bike on Wednesday. Got everything lined up, got good tension on the chain, measured the adjusters to make sure they were both even, locked everything down, rolled the wheel, didnt hear any funny noises, checked the tension on various spots on the chain, and all seemed well. Last night Im cruising along on the highway about 70mph, and about 10 miles down the road I feel the entire back end shift and kick to the right on me. I pulled over and stopped the first chance I got and found that my plate bracket had been ripped clean off, the left side chain adjuster that I had just replaced, the bolt had broken off, my shock on the left side of the bike was bent, and my wheel had kicked over to the right and was rubbing against the brake stay. At this point, I have no idea what happened or caused it, and I am done risking my life working on it. It is going to a shop to have them go through the entire rear end. There was no side to side play on the swingarm and it was tight. Im stumped. The first two pics are of the damage from Mondays fiasco, the last three are from last night.