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Thread: Why do the FourStroke rear sprockets float??

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    Why do the FourStroke rear sprockets float??

    Just like it says...

    The 200X's and other fourstroke ATC's I've seen have a flexable rubber mounting where the sprocket mounts to its hub on the axle.

    The 250R's, just like the motocross bikes has a solid mount. It's no different than welding the sprocket onto the axle.

    Whats the deal?

    Why does the 200X have to "float", I think the 350X has the same deal...
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    Maybe has something to do with Torque.

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    yep the 110 and us 90s like that so is the 200s and 200e

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    the rubber probably wouldnt handle the power of a 250r, so they mounted the sprockets solid
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    in the extreme cold at brapp's last weekend the rubber shrank and gave me a loose sprocket on my 350x. Now its fine that it warmed up a little bit.
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    My 86 has no rubber gromets. The older X's do though. My friends was very loose today. Seems like the cold does shrink them, because after we parked them in a garage it went back to normal.
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    huh i never thought of that,thats why my 185s has a lose sprocket

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    called a cush drive, allows flex during hard acceleration and downshifts/ engine braking. the aftermarket, i.e. durablue, axles are rigid mount. I am constantly tightening the chain on the 250r, hardly ever on the 350x, which had the stock axle, put a DB in it but waiting on engine parts.

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    I'm pretty sure the 81' to 84' 250 R's have the rubber mounted sprockets, I guess they decided it wasn't neccessary in 85'

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    my 83/84 250r axles have the rubber groments in them, my durable doesn't, while the Nasa axle does. Maybe it was some atempt at the "cush drive", 86/87 200x's have groments also.

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