Nothing is as easy as it looks in the video

[Hawks & Turkeys]

Originally Posted by wally

Does the 2024 Hawk still have the box-style swingarm?


If it does, it is very easy to overtorque the axle nut and being to collapse the box section. That will throw off the tension.


Besides that my solution to not having 4 hands is to jack up the bike and use something under the tire to help hold it in place, usually a 2x4 or a wheel chock if i have it higher up. Then I get the wheel roughly where I want it, get the axle barely snugged up, and use the adjusters to start to tension the chain.



I am still on the stock chain at around 3k miles and it is about done, getting very stretched. Only put 2 or 300 miles on it with the stock sprocket.


Edit: change 2021 to 2024

The lesson of your reply is that there are too many moving parts to keep in sync. And we haven't even talked about the alignment of the wheel and the chain. Every video makes a big deal about chain and wheel alignment, while relying on the **vague** swing arm markings and, maybe, some sort of laser alignment thing.