How to tighten a 83 R chain

[bigred110]

My friend has a 83 R and he needs to know how to tighten the drive chain on it.

[plkmonster2]

I believe that even the 83's had an offset bearing carrier, so you just need to loosen it , and turn it... I think thats how it's done?

[ejc042]

Loosen the two bolts at the rear of the singarm and rotate the bearing crrier and retighten the two bolts

[atc86r]

I don't have my 83-4 anymore so I can't look. Just wondering if they have the bolt in the middle between the 2 pinch bolts like on my 86. The carrier is egg shaped so moving it forward will tighten then loosen same as going backwards. Keep an eye on chain tension when adjusting. I use spanner wrench.

[bigred110]

Loosen the two bolts at the rear of the singarm and rotate the bearing crrier and retighten the two bolts

Alright I'll tell him. We where looking at it was thinking thats how to do it but wasn't sure since his 82 R is different.

Thanks for all your help everyone.

[Wickedfinger]

... don't forget to loosen the middle "stopper" bolt as well when tightening it.

[ste-pel]

u need a spanner whrench that honda discontinued i know caz i tryed to buy one now i use a pair of welding "C" clamp vicegrips