Dolkita 64xx/73xx/79xx won't take 8-pin rim drive sprocket?

[jl4c]

Since upgrading my 6401 to 7901 I wanted to try out an 8-pin sprocket to take advantage of some of that extra power. I bought the appropriate Oregon 22273 rim sprocket to give it a try. Everything fits just fine except that the chain now hits the rubber chip guide/deflector. Looking at the IPL's I don't see a special chip deflector for 8-pin sprockets. And if I hog out the existing deflector to fit I would have to remove nearly all of the rubber at critical points, thus defeating the purpose of the chip guide. Any of you fellas run into this problem before and solved it?

 

[Haywire Haywood]

Mount it, rev it and the chain will take care of any clearance it needs with no additional material removed.

 

[cuinrearview]

Mount it, rev it and the chain will take care of any clearance it needs with no additional material removed.

Have you done this or are you just stating the obvious?

 

[jl4c]

Mount it, rev it and the chain will take care of any clearance it needs with no additional material removed.

If I did that the entire chip deflector would be just as likely to tear out as to cut. I'm thinking it would take an entirely different (larger) sprocket cover for this to work.

 

[Deleted member 149229]

Anyway to make your own chip guide out of thinner material, say conveyer belt or rubber bed mat from a truck?

 

[mdavlee]

Have you done this or are you just stating the obvious?

I’ve run 9 pins. That’s how I made clearance on mine.

 

[huskihl]

I’ve run 9 pins. That’s how I made clearance on mine.

Me too

 

[Poleman]

Mike & Kevin.....it makes the perfect groove doesn’t it???

 

[huskihl]

Mike & Kevin.....it makes the perfect groove doesn’t it???

Not too big. Not too small

 

[mdavlee]

10 pin isn’t as easy to fit from what I remember. May have Ben washers and bar nuts only