I saw some beautiful ceramic/ slate type tile and want to lay it down in my mobile home. Is the floor able to support it?
Firestormer hit the nail on the head-way to go bud--what you did was remove a vital spacer that keeps it all in line when you tighten up the rear axle.The motorcycle gods were looking down upon you shaking their heads and they had mercy on you,as said you were extremely lucky that you did not crash and burn.If you want to live a little longer go out and purchase a service manual if you insist on taking your life in your own hands by working on your bike without the proper knowledge.
Tile in a mobil home is almost always going to fail. You need to put in 3/4 plywood sub floor and then backer-board and you may still fail. Remember you are adding about 12 to 15 pounds per sq ft weight. It's like parking a small car in your living room. You must be able to take all the bounce out of the floor. Bounce equals broken tile. No reputable tile company will install tile in a mobile home. There are other great flooring options that will work in your home. Fiberglass vinyl, Laminates, solid vinyl tiles. hardwood. Lots of better floors.
Ceramic tile should be laid on a sub-floor that has very little deflection, or spring in it. Personally I wouldn't lay down cement board as then you have to use a cement tile setting compound, which doesn't flex if your floor does, which leads to cracks and tiles lifting. If you first install, with construction adhesive and screws every 4, 3/4 inch G1S plywood, then you would be able to use a polymer modified thin-set, which flexes if your floor does. (The floor would definitely flex and move if say for example, you moved the home to another location, or the supporting piers at each end settled.) Lastly, use a polymer modified floor grout, as it will flex if necessary also. Caulk where necessary at edges if no baseboard or where one plane meets another plane. Good luck with it, and don't forget to clean any excess mortar off the surface of the tiles as you go, before it dries .it will make your final clean up a lot easier.Dr. Harvey Glimebinder
the chain came off because you did not adjust the chain right in the first place. My guess is you adjusted just one side.you have to loosen the axle nut enough to move the wheel straght back. there are adjusters on both sides with marks on them that you can make sure the wheel is perfectly inline. the chain also has to be in line with the sprocket or it will just catch and come off like it did
You would probably need a thick underlayment installed first. If the floor flexes at all, the tiles and the grout will crack. Most mobile homes do not have really ridgid flooring used.
