Thread: One way to build a '32 sedan

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Originally Posted by 39Deluxe

I noticed an ad in one of the magazines for a chain drive steering setup and was concerned with chain stretch. How often do you anticipate having to adjust the tension gears to keep the slop out of the steering? Would a double row chain be better?

Tom

We work on a lot of high performance sport bikes at the motorcycle dealership where I work. It's amazing to me how they control valve chain tension on these motors that live in excess of 14,000 RPM. To make it more amazing these "very small" chains are in "constant run, constant tension". You could play a tune on them when they are tensioned. They have pretty much one thing in common from brand to brand, model to model, they just use a plastic/nylon (?) slipper type chain guide on the back of the chain with a spring loaded ratchet tensioner.