Routine Maintenance & Trouble Shooting These suggestions apply to all high performance bicycles. A properly maintained bicycle will improve the feel, reliability, safety, and longevity of your investment. When the bike is new and for the first hundred miles,...
Eccentric / Timing Chain Adjustment As the cross over chains stretch, you will need to adjust the eccentrics to tension the chain. We switched from set screw type eccentrics to internal expanding eccentrics in 2004. Specific instructions for the set screw type will be...
Intermediate Shaft Disassemble the Intermediate Shaft & Remove the Timing Chains Without Loosening the Eccentrics If you do not have da Vinci Tool TL.001, insert two 5mm allen wrenches all the way into any two opposite holes of the DFB (Double Freewheel Block)....
Intermediate Shaft Bearings Removing the Bearings Pry the bearing spacer off center with a flat punch. Lightly tap the inner race of the bearing from the inside. You want the bearing to come out as straight as possible, so alternate tapping on the top and bottom of...
Anti-Chain-Suck (ACS) Bracket Adjustment If you have experienced chain-suck, (the chain gets stuck in the drive gears by wrapping around the chainring too far), your ACS bracket is adjusted too far from the chainrings, or the ACS bracket is bent, or both. The bracket...
