chain riveting tool

[slopster]

For a doz beer...
Has anyone in the south auckland area got a chain riveting tool suitable for an o-ring chain that I could borrow. Also can these tools remove links to shorten the chain to the appropriate length or do you need another tool for that?

[Kwaka14]

You have to remove 2 links at a time, but no problems, just make sure you get a reasonable one as the cheap ones don't last long..

[Teflon]

Use a grinder to remove links.

Tools i use to replace chains are,, vise grips, hammer, dolley. Simple job really.

[slopster]

Dont you need a tool to squash and round out the rivet head once its assembled. If I just put it on would I be able to ride very slowly to the local bike shop to get the head rounded seeing as they seem to press together pretty tight anyway?

[scumdog]

When I had a bike with a chain I did it this way:

Put master link in place with pins facing to outside

Get mate to hold large pice of steel behind master link

Put side plate on master link

Use punch ground to right profile (sort of a rounded pointy shape)

Place punch in centre of pin and tap with hammer while mate braces the section of steel against the blows.

Do it a little with each pin going backwards and forwards between the two until side-plate is firm and you can see the pin diameter is too fat to get back through side-plate.

Worked for me 100%.:niceone:

[Coldrider]

When I had a bike with a chain I did it this way:

Put master link in place with pins facing to outside

Get mate to hold large pice of steel behind master link

Put side plate on master link

Use punch ground to right profile (sort of a rounded pointy shape)

Place punch in centre of pin and tap with hammer while mate braces the section of steel against the blows.

Do it a little with each pin going backwards and forwards between the two until side-plate is firm and you can see the pin diameter is too fat to get back through side-plate.

Worked for me 100%.:niceone:
What scumdog said, but do not over compress the master link, or the O rings will compress & tear. Also put a stripe of paint on the masterlink so you can quickly locate & inspect it for a few hundred K's, to ensure all is right. Also make sure that there is lube on the master pins & master O rings before assembly.

[F5 Dave]

Many manufacturers recommend that you don't do it this way. The link is not meant to hammered, it may cause fracturing & failure at a later date.

The tool makes a nice job of it.