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Joining a chain
Topic Started: Jan 7 2015, 12:30 AM (517 Views)
Lorano
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Can you join a chain without the joining link supplied,can you use the pins that you would push out when shortening the chain?I have done this in the past out of desperation and it was a bugger to get those pins back through😝.
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gman1964
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in my opinion no....I wouldn't do that.....apart from being difficult to do I would rather use the link which is designed for the job....either the spring clip type or the rivet type that's personal prefferance.....ive used both many times and have never had a problem with either.....
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Lorano
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Is the rivet type link you get supplied with a chain not 'softer' making it easier to rivet compaired with the pins that make up the chain?When I did it it was a real pain to push the pins back through the plates just wondered if anybody else had tried it.
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hursty46
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I use split links on my chains but either is good enough!
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ian6pot
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Rivet links are soft on the end of the pin so you can center pop it. Thhe normal pins are peened usually so pushing the pin out will destroy the peening. It may well be still a very tight fit back in the side plate but that's all that's keeping it in after the peen is gone.
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Rob 110
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buy a new rivet or split link for you make of chain, £5

you don't want a sideplate coming off at speed leading to....
smashed gearbox casing
locked rear wheel
death

years ago I noticed the Transalp split link clip was loose, as they wear on the guide, but was on there ok :goodgrief:
left Sheffield for 150 miles to Lundun (one tank, no stops),
off M1 to roundabout, stopped for traffic
set off changed from 1st to 2nd and no drive! :sweat:

chain broken so i guess the split link clip went and the sideplate fell off or got knocked off in chain guide? :what:
luckily it happened at 10mph as the slack was taken up and not over the previous 150miles at 80mph
especially with girlfriend aboard :twss:

i always use a rivet link now on road bikes
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Lorano
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ian6pot
Jan 7 2015, 08:51 AM
Rivet links are soft on the end of the pin so you can center pop it. Thhe normal pins are peened usually so pushing the pin out will destroy the peening. It may well be still a very tight fit back in the side plate but that's all that's keeping it in after the peen is gone.
When i done it on an older bike I used the rivet tool to form the end of the pin and it seemed to 'mushroom' the steel pin pretty good.I wouldn't feel safe though doing something like that now.😁
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