Nice spike, very nice! Now I just wish I had one of the new fangled chain press thingamagigers. I 've been using a small pair of channel locks to squish the plates together. It works pretty well. I just take my time.

 

Didn't the '87/'88 LT's come stock with the 428 chain and 12/26 sprockets?
I'm not sure, but I swear I thought I saw that somewhere in my many hours of researching [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]

 

We replaced our Pred-90 stock chain with an HD O-Ring chain. Surf:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...59301449flvBHa

Unfortunately, the clip on the included Master link didn't fit properly. It appeared to be a "miss stamp" at the factory. Being stuborn, lack of pennies and out of time, I squeezed the Side Plate (or what ever it's called) with vise grips, set a large sledge hammer on one side of the link and pounded the other side with my hammer. This "mushroomed out" the ends of those horizontal pins. Several more light pounds and it looks better then factory. And, NO Clip to worry about coming off during our long trail rides. Not too sure if this method will work for everyone but it worked for us...

Hope this helps too...

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Thanks for your help , the sites I've been looking at say the 87 was 17/26
I have ordered new 10/22 , but was thinking if I use 10/26 the would slow it down top speed but give more low end correct ? How do you compute the ratio ? Would this combo be to low ??? Will be running paddles in soft Glamis sand
thanks

 

10 and 22 would be lower geared at 2.2:1. You divide the rear sprocket by the front to find out the ratio. A higher number is a lower gear. so 22 divided by 10 = 2.2 26 divided by 17 = 1.53. If you actually had a number less than one, it would be considered an overdrive.

 

The stock gearing for a 87 would be 12/26.
With your paddles a 13 front should prolly be used, altho to minimize speed the 12 can be used.
Sandhopper:: if you can return the 10/22 do it. Use the 26 rear and a 12/13 front with the #40 chain.
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Ya sean, they did. Lil' mans 87 is at 12/26 428, and his 97 is 10/22 520.

 

how do I tell what chain I have 520 , 428 , 40
I have bought some stuff from Ebay 10/22 and a new 26 rear and a used 26 with carrier , but now not sure what to run
will a #40 chain work on the 26 stock suzuki sproket ?
thanks for all your help
Sandhopper2

 

Most good chains will have their pitch stamped in the side plates. I'm not sure what you have and what you have purchased. It seems as the old Suzukis used 428 while the newer ones used 520. If you buy stuff for a old one I'm not sure wether they just give 520 for even an old one now. I think you can use #40 chain with 428 sprockets, but I'd get 428 chain myself. #40 chain does cost less and is easy to come by, but it is weaker. I use it on our gokart and it wears very quickly.

 

520 is much bigger chain.
I use #40 chain. I get it from the tractor supply or MSC...CHEAP!!! They have 1/2inks for it, which is a big plus.
Yes the #40 chain will fit the 428 sprockets perfectly.
Yes the #40 wears slightly faster but at 25% of the cost you can replace chains. We've never had a failure from #40 chain.