A nice little jaunt this evening to see the grandchildren and to help son Thomas replace the chain and sprockets on his 2019 RE Interceptor, supplemented by spaghetti & meatballs to keep us going.
The gearbox sprocket is easily accessible under an alloy cover retained by three screws and the gearchange lever:
The bike has done about 9,000 miles on the original parts and it's high time they were replaced. The tab washer and nut were removed with a socket and breaker bar before we removed the chain. We slackened off the rear sprocket bolts as well. The chain is endless, so we get the Dremel out to slice through a side plate and grind back a rivet:
The rear sprocket is retained by six M10 screws and nuts. This is the new one, bought from Hitchcocks:
You can see the wear on the gearbox sprocket:
All done and back together in a couple of hours. Next stop, tappets and an oil change.
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