How to change chain on FZ6 ?

[dadich]

Do you need tools and can you do it yourself or you have to go to service?

[ajd187]

Get a good chain breaker, a set of metric sockets, and you can definitely do it yourself.

Also change the sprockets too when you do this.

[killernoodle]

You don't need a chain breaker, you can use a hacksaw to get the old chain off. The rear sprocket is no problem, but the front sprocket is quite a bitch to get off. My recommendation: get the socket, extension, a breaker bar plus a long piece of pipe, before you cut the chain off, loosen the nut on the sprocket by pushing the front tire against a wall and then put a 2x4 in the spokes of the rear wheel. Then you can relatively easily stand on the breaker bar to get that nut off.

Then you can cut the chain off with a hacksaw or chain breaker.

[andress]

what was wrong with your old chain

[FZSix828]

can u not just loosen the chain to take it off?

[Lucky_Devil]

Not unless you feel like removing the swingarm also

[DefyInertia]

I guess I lucked out with my front sprocket...it was not hard to break the nut at all and I just used a regular 1/2" socket wrench.

Originally Posted by Lucky_Devil

Not unless you feel like removing the swingarm also

Which requires the exhaust to come off too...which requires the tail section to be removed....I like the hacksaw idea.

[LA.Rider]

all this is required to change the rear tire also?

[steve in denmark]

Ask and you will be given..

How to replace your chain - Yamaha FZ6 Forums - International FZ6 Motorcycle Forum

Hope this helps some of you.

Steve

[04Fizzer]

Originally Posted by LA.Rider

all this is required to change the rear tire also?

Not at all.

The front pivot of the swingarm goes through the chain, which is why changing the chain is so difficult.

Removing the rear tire is as easy as removing the rear axle, dropping the weel, sliding it forward a little bit, and sliding off the chain.

[LA.Rider]

so why do most pay 90 bucks for a dealership to change a tire? couldn't you just take 20 minutes pull the wheel off and take it to a shop for 10 bucks to mount/balance it?

Thanks

[04Fizzer]

Originally Posted by LA.Rider

so why do most pay 90 bucks for a dealership to change a tire? couldn't you just take 20 minutes pull the wheel off and take it to a shop for 10 bucks to mount/balance it?

Thanks

Because shops still charge you $20-$40/tire to mount and balance, depending on the shop and where you get the tires.

[DefyInertia]

I find fiddling with the rear brake and brake mount the most annoying part of removing the rear tire but it's really not too hard...especially with a post 2006.

[ajd187]

I'll still use my chain breaker. A chain breaker is cheap and makes the job easy. I'm a believer in the "right tool for the job" approach.

[marke14]

I have an 07 and not much mechanical skill, and I was able to remove the rear wheel/tire with no problem by myself, with just the axle nut tool from the stock toolkit, and a breaker pipe.

I got it back on with a little help from my wife to hold things in place while I got the axle back in.

I can't stand the idea of paying someone the extra $$ to remove the wheel if I am able to do it myself.

Now, I have to figure out how to remove the front as well! (to support the bike up front, in other words ... with the center stand, the rear tire was easy as it's off the ground to begin with)