Fitting new front sprocket. Is a spacer required?

This is my first post on the forum. I’m a new writer and I am working on a VF 500 F 1985.

I got the front drive sprocket off, but I see that the original sprocket has spacers on the front and the back. They don’t appear to be metal. They appear to be some kind of fiber, but they kind of peel away and break. I have a sprocket from JT chain, which only has a spacer on one side, and it’s cast as part of the chain, not separate.

https://www.denniskirk.com/jt-sprockets/front-sprocket-jtf286-15.p80958.prd/8095815.sku

Do I need to find another spacer? Does anybody have experience replacing the front bracket? I promise to get some new photos of my new bike soon.

Thank you!

 

There is only the sprocket, the "fixing plate", and the "fixing plate bolt lock". According to Partzilla. And I don't remember any fiber gaskets when I did my chain and sprockets.

Just the sprocket, plate, and lock plate with the bendy tabs and the 2 bolts

https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/h...zcMte06iouXDpk8eYalFRcCzvZcXKh5kaAqOrEALw_wcB

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Thank you for the reply. Yeah I saw the parts diagram, and that matches what my service manual shows, but when I opened up the cover and pulled it off, I feel like I was looking at something different.

 

Install with the raised portion facing out, it puts the teeth in line with the rear sprocket.

 

Thank you both for your advice. I got everything back on torqued down and at the same time I was cleaning out the brown sludge and rebuilding the clutch master. I took it for a quick ride around the block, and oh my God, it’s night and day.

here is my ride.

 

Great news. Glad you got it.

Looks to be a pretty nice 85 you got there. Enjoy.

 

Hi, and welcome. What appears to be non-metallic spacers are most likely are rubber sides purposed for reduction of chain noise by cushioning the side plates of the chain. The JT sprockets don't seem to have them, I don't know if the originals did.

 

Thank you. Yeah it needs some TLC. It seems to have been kept clean, but nothing under the surface had really been maintained. I’ll rebuild brake cylinders next and rebuild the front shocks. Then I’ll figure out why the lines of the seat and tank don’t match up, or even if they should.