at what mileage have you had your rear sprocket rebuilt by Supermax ? I have 3500 miles on my 2012 vehicle, the sprocket looks fine but I have a lot of aluminium dust under the seats and the belt is whining: how long can it last ? Should I take advantage of the winter months to get it rebuilt or will it last another season ?
My first sprocket lasted 2,335 miles by which time it was screeching so loud it drowned out the engine.
Factory steel sprocket now done about 4,300 miles and no problems
I'd definitely advise changing to steel or SuperMax as soon as you can.
at what mileage have you had your rear sprocket rebuilt by Supermax ? I have 3500 miles on my 2012 vehicle, the sprocket looks fine but I have a lot of aluminium dust under the seats and the belt is whining: how long can it last ? Should I take advantage of the winter months to get it rebuilt or will it last another season ?
My first sprocket lasted 2,335 miles by which time it was screeching so loud it drowned out the engine.
Factory steel sprocket now done about 4,300 miles and no problems
I'd definitely advise changing to steel or SuperMax as soon as you can.
A new steel sprocket @ 2300 miles for me didn't help with the screaming noises - guess my Bevel box was the cause - it got louder as it got hotter. The only cure i found was a pair of decent motorcyclists ear plugs ( as recommended in the handbook!) but that took away a lot of the lovely exhaust noise too, so not so good.
2015 Morgan 4/4 (Wolf fettled) previously 2014 M3W MINI Cooper S and numerous BMC/BL relics.
I had my original 2013 sprocket replaced with steel one at 6500 miles. Only occasionally did I get belt noise but I did get loads of dust on seat edges & transmission tunnel. I believe Red Three did a lot more than that on the original.
