Hey all!
Thank you so very very much for all your help! I was way off with the chain problem - turns out it was the rear bearing! I just couldnt figure it out until we finally gave up looking at the chain and sprockets, and fearing that it was a output drive baring we took the back wheel off and saw the problem instantly!
It was a rough afternoon beating my head against a wall trying to figure out if I would go to Turkey or to Israel to find a part or try to have it shipped in to Damascus. I tried a mechanic down there but his solution was just to slop tons of greece on the bearing...though because it was a closed bearing it was useless. Finally a tout/mechanic seeing our despiration came up. He took us to a friends shop who amazingly had the part! but it was a cheap chinese one and so he sent out a boy to get a better japanese one! I couldnt believe it but by the end of the day I had the part and the bike was back in great shape. The tout charged me 10x the price of the bearing - but hey - I had a working bike so no worries!
Again thanks so much for all the help! Glad I know I can count on the Hubb when in need!
Cheers,
Tim
PS Syria and Jordan RULE! Truly amazing countries!!!!!
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