About to tackle my chain and sprocket swap, I believe the rear nut is mega tight and hopefully have a mates impact gun to whiz that off but are the front and rear nuts normal left hand loosen thread?
Cheers mate, undone the front nut easily enough but rear one I’m struggling, used my impact gun but it’s not highly rated, tried a strong arm with a small piece of bar with bike in gear and brakes on but I don’t want to put too much effort in and put strain on the engine. Will the engine take it ok if I give it a stronger tug on the strong arm!
Sorted!! Managed to keep at it with my little makita impact and could see it just staring to move backwards and forwards then whizzed right off!! Cleaned both front and rear areas up of old chain slonk!! Only thing I’m uncertain with now is I foolishly removed the front sprocket without making a note of which way round it fitted, I’m almost certain I fit the new one back to front as it looks more inline with the rubber chain slider channel but most other bikes I’d probably fit the sprocket the other way around? Any advice for a silly sausage who should have known better to take note
Bottom photo is the correct orientation. You have to use a smaller washer though with the rubber sprockets, the original one doesn’t fit in there. Make sure you generously grease the driveshaft too.
you’ve thrown me off now as I was sure it was the other way, putting it on like you say seems to have it stuck a lot further out! Rear sprocket is coming tomorrow so will see which way the chain tracks but looking at the original sprocket I’m sure that was on the opposite way to how I’d think it would fit too!
The arrowed part should be on the inside and butts up against the spacer on the drive shaft If you look at the parts diagram you can see the raised side of the front sprocket is towards the gearbox.
Hi guys just to update this! It was as per the first photo, second had the chain rubbing on the frame and slave cylinder. Was looking on google last night and seems there’s a few questions on this with differing opinions but it’s 100% the other way on mine to what you’d normally fit a sprocket on!
Here’s a pic I found of somone removing the standard one on they’re bike, looks the wrong way round to me but must be the way they fit!
cheers bud so it was right fitting it the reverse way to how you’d fit a sprocket normally! I hope so as that’s the only way it would all go together and I’ve riveted the chain and tensioned it all up now Just need to get out on a ride and see how different a 42 rear is
That is a great looking bike! You're gonna love the feel of the 42R, it's how the bike should have been shipped.
hehe thanks buddy, I really hope so! I bought it 2 weeks ago and coming off a tiger 800 its a big change, had a few fire blades but im too old for a head own bike so this feels like it could be the perfect in-between bike! spent hours on it already bleeding back brake, cleaning up loads of bolts that had that white corrosion starting, new rad grilles, Puig screen, keyless filler cap, this new chain and sprockets and lots of other fettling and polishing, running about to get a key blade cut for the spare flip fob. a full set of givi panniers cost me an arm and leg too but got all those bits needed for long trips! only thing I really want to do now is just get the crash bars, bash guard and a few other bits powder coated and I can enjoy it lol
That’s bizarre. I just did a 2013 1200S and the old sprocket came off and the new one went on with the raised flange on the inside ie toward the gearbox. I even checked the parts diagram (excerpt above) to check the orientation just in case someone previously had installed it the wrong way round. The chain ran cleanly no rubbing like yours, hence my comments above. I then realised that in my posts above I hadn’t read the title of your opening post properly and had just had 1200 multi in my mind, having just done the C&S on one. So, I just checked the parts diagram for the later DVT models and they too show the raised flange to the inside. https://www.bike-parts-ducati.com/d.../Multistrada-1200-ABS/GEAR-BOX/413/2301/0/413 Clearly yours needs to have the raised flange to the outside to avoid the chain rubbing but I’m confused and curious as to why.
yep I seen posts from the past when I googled it and people had mentioned the parts diagram showing it other way round and again other people with mixed opinions on how theirs was fitted!! Very confusing but it was definitely the oem sprocket I was removing as chain was original Regina too, I’ve not had chance to ride it yet as I was out on my enduro in the peaks yesterday but spinning it on the centre stand it is all nice and smooth and tracks properly but for peace of mind I fitted it the other way too and chain wouldn’t even fit with contact on the slave cylinder and inner side of the frame plus it tracked out of the chain slide groove. Very odd that there’s mixed posts on this though for sure
This was bugging me, so I went out and whipped the front sprocket cover off. I stand corrected! I have it fitted with the flange facing OUTward. I could have sworn it was the other way, but it’s not. I would have followed the way that the original was fitted and obviously this is how it was. Now it’s time to get all that chain lube gunk cleaned away
