Well, not really frozen, it just wont rotate past a certain spot....where the caliper goes to the end of it's travel and tries to come back. I'm assuming this is the limit of it's travel/adjustment....or should it spin all the way around if I ask it.
I do understand that the eccentric should be between 3 and 6 oclock if viewed from the left side of the bike.
Current gearing on the bike is 14t and a 41t. The problem is I run out of adjustment/can't tension the chain properly, and there isn't enough adjustment to remove a complete link (2) and re-rivet. The eccentric would be well into the 7-8 oclock position... I tried it this way, and without a rear sprocket change (maybe a 43?) I don't think it will work.
With the 15t I have laying around, the chain will tension properly (30mm), and with the swingarm at max adjustment/wheel clearance almost zero, the chain has zero play at all.
My question(s) are:
Should I stick with the 14t front, and go up to a 43t rear?
Should I go with a 15t front and leave the 41 rear ?
It's a EK520 chain, is it going to stretch to the point I run out of adjustment with the 15t?
Other idea is to go to keep the 15t front, and go up to a 42t rear which would put me in the sweet spot for alignment. Then again, thats not really ideal gearing for the bike.
I miss my 999. There was tons of adjustment, you could run whatever gear you wanted without dicking with this SSSA....
Guys, I'm dumb.
I just found my old chain and sprockets.
104 links, 14t/43t. It worked before, it'll work again.
I'd still like to know about the eccentric though....should it rotate all the way around, or stop when the caliper runs out of adjustment?
IIRC, they just stop when the post gets to the end of the slot in the caliper bracket.
Never confirmed that specifically, as I've never needed to...