Breaker bar at the ready....

There i was, breaker bar in hand, brand new 36mm socket & it was little more
than cock tight

So, i have done my first chain, the link was odd, i was expecting it to have
some kind of end to flatten over properly, but i tooled it up & pushed the
link through & it kind of clicked into place on both pins.

I didn't do anything else as i thought i would ask here before mullering it
up...

Anyway, i made a cracking paddock stand from two axle stands & apart from
getting degreaser on my cock end, it went quite smoothly.

So, is that it with the links, or do they need 'bending' over on the ends
that came through?

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

You need to pein them over like a rivet or use a proper tool which
will fit into the centre hole and spread the soft part of the pin out
much the same as if you'd knocked **** out of it with a hammer and a
punch.

You did put new 'O' rings on both sides didn't you?

 

I sure did & I greased them, i feared as much.

I'll knock **** out of it with a hammer & a punch too

It looks right nice & spangly too

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

You might find that easier to think than do, particularly if the wheel is on
the bike.

All that glitters Nige...


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Slightly premature I suspect. It's only 7/8ths done yet.


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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

But not so hard so it doesn't 'bend' around the pins anymore...

 

I now have a proper splitter & rivet tool setc

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

Do I detect a hint that the first attempt wasn't a complete success?

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
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ahem....

I may have hit it with a punch a little too 'hard'



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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

Ah. I'm not sure I will ever attempt a chain job on anything that can't
be run with just a split link. I'll probably throw the Voxan at Magnum
when that eventually needs doing.

I've got a very effective tool for splitting chain, but it hasn't got a
riveting mode.

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

I'll just killfile it, then, along with the others of its kind.

 

Anything can be run with a split link surely?
Bikes were hitting 180mph at Bonneville in 1967 and I dont think
endless chains came in till the 80's?

Steve

 

In communiqué

Well yes, but perhaps it's more a question of power applied through the
chain rather than speed.

I'm not even sure you can even get split links for the size of chain
used on the Voxan.

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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

Still think I'll give it a miss. I did a rear sprocket change OK to gear
the Voxan down a tad, but, like tyre changes, I think I'd rather take
advantage of a ride in - ride out service when the time comes for a new
chain.


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| Pete Fisher at Home: |
| Voxan Roadster Yamaha WR250Z/Supermoto "Old Gimmer's Hillclimber" |
| Gilera GFR * 2 Moto Morini 2C/375 Morini 350 "Forgotten Error" |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+

 

They were ftting endless chains to big Japanese bikes (Z900s, GS
Thous, etc) in the mid-1970s.

 

Oh a whoosh I think.

I have a couple of regulars here killfiled because their posts are
inevitably tedious - the opposite of riveting, so to speak.

 

Lets see if it's me.....

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Nige,

Land Rover 90
Yamaha R1
Range Rover Vogue

 

<keeps quiet>

 

<tumbleweed>

 

But did they really need them or was it just willy
waving that this bikes so powerful look what we
had to do?