So I installed a DID 530 VX chain(and new oem sprockets)and then realized it was a 530 ZVM-X that I should have purchased. I was going to pull it off and save it for my other ride but it needs 525 chain. Soooo question is for safety sake should I pull it off and order the ZVM-X chain? The tensile strength of the VX is approx 9220 lbs and the ZVM-X 10408 lbs. Or will it simply wear out sooner?

Just don't go above 6K...you should be fine;)Where's HUB????

It will be fine to use, but it won't last as long under equal circumstances.

Don't drag race, add more power to the bike, abuse it, or apply sporty hole shots. Play out the chain this way for its life. No need to up the tensile strength.

I replaced my rear rear sprocket, chain, but no front sprocket... I will now accelerate the new chain and rear sprocket faster without the [front] sprocket change... OR... Change my front sprocket and if not, 'match' the OEM chain life when those 3 parts were new.

My new chain and rear sprocket will cause an offset wear pattern as my used smaller sprocket turns many times more than the rear sprocket and this wear pattern against the worn counter shaft tooth is going to ride the new rollers up the sprocket tooth, not hold steady like the rear having no worn teeth to run up the load side.

Ah, so the worn gap of the old tooth spacing; cause the rollers to wear the link pins faster. The new teeth would not cause this much rolling up the ramp. I'll say this load is me watching so many rolls up and down the one side of the pin, meaning, stop and go is just one move. This accelerates the waaa-wear-waaa I can hear you coming before the loud mufflers go by are the hi/lo spots of the wear pattern about to occur. That, I can't explain?

Does this make perfect sense to change both sprockets as a set along with a new chain? I knew the chains would not last with the one sprocket change. Now watching that simple move at the c/s sprocket made it "Click" in my head why. Why I didn't put the two an two together so long ago... don't get old.

Signed,

Big Time NOLTT

* Last updated by: Hub on 8/15/2015 @ 10:52 PM *

"Why I didn't put the two an two together so long ago... don't get old"...nah,methinks you were testing a new theory.That's my excuse anyway...works for meLOL

Thanks guys for the feedback.