How do you tighten a chain on a quad bike?

Answer 1

You need to buy this thing called a tool chain, and then go to Yahoo.com and just in the search bar put how to tighten a bike chain, and you can find videos on how to do that. The tool chain only costs about 10 bucks and it's easy to use, just that some of them can break very easily so make sure to look at the reviews before buying it. Hope this was helpful

Answer 2

If your crank has a replaceable chain wheel you do it by turning the crank until it's in the tight position, then loosen the bolts that holds the chainwheel to the crank some and try to tap the chainwheel towards the rear of the bike. Don't hammer away directly at the teeth, use a wooden block or something as padding. When it won't go any further, tighten the chainwheel bolts again and see if the tight stpot has disappeared, lessened or moved.

Answer 3

If the bike was intended for that type of drivetrain to start with, then you do it by loosening the rear wheel and pulling towards the back of the bike before bolting it down again. If you run out of room in the dropouts you may have to remove a link from the chain first.
Depends a bit on what kind of bike you've got. If it's a single-speed or an internally geared bike and the frame has horizontal dropouts - then you unbolt the rear wheel and slide it backwards until the chain is taut again. Check alignment, tighten the wheel nuts and you're done. If it's a BMX it might have chain tensionser which you have to reset while you're at it.

If chain wear is really bad you might not have enough reach in the dropouts to get the chain tight again. Then you have to shorten the chain by one link first, and then set the rear wheel up again. There are even special half links that can be used for this purpose.

If your bike has vertical dropouts, then you either need to use an extra little sprocket as a chain tensioner, or you can try the half link approach there too.

Answer 4

Remove the damaged link, preferably with a chain breaker tool.

If the rear wheel can be adjusted forward enough, you may be able just to put the chain back together again with the chain breaker tool.

Or you may need to add a quick/master link, or a half link for it to reach around.

Answer 5

Loosen nuts on both sides of the rear axle and pull wheel to back of bike. This should tighten the chain then while holding pressure back on wheel re-tighten axle nuts.

Answer 6

Too long to answer here. Check out www.bicycletutor.com, www.parktool.com or www.sheldonbrown.com instead.

Answer 7

Loosen axle nuts. Tighten small nuts in chain tensioner a little, spin pedals to check for tight spots. If OK tighten axle nuts again and you're done.