TM Designworks Chain Guide - Nice

After 132hrs my stock chain guide was getting pretty worn so I picked up a TM Designworks guide from Cyclebuy when I was down in Eugene last week. The guide fits great and is a lot stronger than the stock unit. Thought I would post up some pics of the new guide installed on my 530 in case anyone is needing a replacement.

Here's a shot of both the guides together. The worn out OEM unit on the left and the TM unit installed on the bike.




Closeup




And a side shot. I also run the Bullet Proof Designs chain guide mount brace to help protect the tabs on the swingarm...you can see where it's taken some hits out on the trail.




Hodakaguy

That protector plate linking the two tabs together looks like a killer idea. I may have to fab one of those up for mine. Nice looking chain guard. Troy341

341 wrote:

That protector plate linking the two tabs together looks like a killer idea. I may have to fab one of those up for mine. Nice looking chain guard. Troy341

Yeah I thought it was a great idea...could prevent big problems when your in the middle of know where. It's machined out of a solid piece, you drill a couple holes up into your swing arm and it gets bolted to the swing arm between the tabs...very solid!

Here's a couple more pics of the brace.

Here you can see the beating it's taken out on the trail...better that than the tab.




Here's a shot of the inside




And a closeup of the rear




Hodakaguy

Thanks for the close ups, that helps the reverse engineering process. Troy341

Nice guy at bullit proof. That was one of my first purchases. Anyway what sproket sizes are you running. I ask because I am now running a 13 front and a 52 rear and am happy with the gearing. I had a 14 on the front but found I was still to tall in the tight trails. I have had to modify my stock guide and I still would like a hair more adjustment. Does this one allow for more adjustment than the stock unit? Thanks for the great pics.

Inconceivable wrote:

Nice guy at bullit proof. That was one of my first purchases. Anyway what sproket sizes are you running. I ask because I am now running a 13 front and a 52 rear and am happy with the gearing. I had a 14 on the front but found I was still to tall in the tight trails. I have had to modify my stock guide and I still would like a hair more adjustment. Does this one allow for more adjustment than the stock unit? Thanks for the great pics.

I'm currently running 14-52. I've ran 14-50 for 132hrs now and it's been pretty good overall, I just installed the 52 rear but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. The guide clears nicely with the 14-52 combo, you might have to trim slightly to run 13-52 though.

Hodakaguy