chain guide

morleyman200

at the moment i run a hollowtech 1 bottom bracket, the octlink style.

I have a chain guide on aswell, (blackspire stinger), and an E thirteen bash guard,

I have a problem though, the bash guard is in constant contact with the pully on the chain guide, i was wondering do i have to buy a new hollowtech crank and bottom bracket to get it to work? (i am planning on buying one in the future)

Or is there a way of bolting the bash guard on but so it ends up further away from the bottom bracket, so the pully can run smoothly?

Tom

nicklouse

move the pulley? change bash? new BB?

pics of your set up?

Anonymous

It's not too much of a problem is the pulley does contact the bashguard, really.

The Rookie

As the chain dictates the position of both bash and guide, changing the crankset or BB won't help.

The only think I can think of is spacing the bash out from the crank arms a bit, M12 washers will do that, but I'd only use one (for each bolt), so about 1.5mm, if that's enough its worth giving it a try.

Simon

nicklouse

The Beginner wrote:

As the chain dictates the position of both bash and guide, changing the crankset or BB won't help.

Simon

I beg to differ.

but until I see the set up....

morleyman200

i thought about putting some washers inbetween the crank arms and the bash ring. The pictures dont show it, but when i put the chain guide on, it actually changes the position of the pedal arms, ie non drive side has moved closer to the frame and the drive side has moved further away from the frame, due to the lack of spacers there were between the frame and the bottom bracket.
here are the photos

I thought getting the knew XT or SLX cranks would solve it, as you need two spacers, and the chain guide would replace one of them

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morleyman200

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Anonymous

you need to host your photos somewhere, like flickr, skydrive etc.

morleyman200

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morleyman200

you cant really see from the photo, but the bash guard is pushing the chain guide plate away, it is slightly bent (not permanent)

CraigXXL

The bashring looks too big. Is it a 40t bashring that you're running with a 32 ring?

nicklouse

try fitting the guide first then the spacer.


also your bash is way too big for the ring and the device.

what size did the guide say it was for? what size is the bash for?

after a bit more thought and looking at the picture can you not just pop the roller out so that it sits on the edge of the bash?

if the bash is bigger that 40T they you will have problems.