Mine just touched the plastic guard on the swingarm. I do have a question though i jsut came back from a ride and decided to look at my chain. Is it supposed to move smoothly? Because when i spin mine either way it like oscillates up and down or vibrates. Anyone know whats up with that?

 

Stop confusing people with the lingo, guys.

The chain guard is the individual plastic piece held onto the swingarm by two screws. Most of them have ugly safety stickers on them.

The chain guide is the slender black piece mounted directly on top of the swing arm that the chain my run against when you are not on the bike. It is typical for the chain to slouch down and rest on it when parked. If it doesn't, then your chain needs adjusting (likely too tight).

 

anybody lol?

 

Your chain is supposed to have around an 1 - 1.5 inches of slack. By slack I mean you can hold the chain (top or bottom) and move it up and down approximately 1 - 1.5". While riding it will bounce around a little when you hit cracks and potholes and ****, but any looser than that and you can have issues.

 

Well my slack is right at an inch but the chain looks like it moves up and down and side to side while on the rear stand. I can also move the chain left and right a bit on the rear sprocket well before the rear sprocket anyways. Idk i should compare it with another f4i

 

I'd go test on mine but it's in a bunch of pieces soooooo yeah.