Changed the rear disc and pads chain and sprockets today. had a mate help who is really organised. undid everything to check there were no major issues , got the fairing part off got the sprocket cover off then went for cutting the old chain and getting the rear wheel off. did all the refurbs dead easy then came to the soft link on the new chain. wotabastard the pins wouldnt fit the holes in the link ! took us well over an hour with a vice and small socket to get the bloody thing on wotabastard... moral to the story check the new link before you take the old chain off . So anyway been doing the dad bit all day so just going to have a run out over the snake before going doing the next task... collecting a drunk.....(pretty well a certainty) future son in law back from Stockport.
what were you trying to use to get the link together? it should need a press tool to get it together, then rivet it in place. they are not meant to just slide together. the idea is thet the link is assembled and will hold itself in compression while you rivet it together. otherwise you can end up with the o rings not sealing. if you werent using a propper chain rivet tool then i think that was the issue, not the link.
The link should go through, the end links, thus joining the chain then the o rings go on then top plate , the pins on the link should pass through the top plate then be splayed out to complete the fit . but the actual holes in the top plate were too small for the two pins to go through . We ended up using a small bench vice to get the thing together. the guy who helped me is 66 years old and had bikes all his life ,,,, and done hundreds of chains .....
the top plate should be an interference fit. hence the need for the tool. first to press together, then spin the tool over to rivet. if you can push it over the pins by hand you have a problem.
don't fk about with chains do it right or get somebody who knows what their doing, you don't want it snapping when you work it hard. TAKE IT EASY FOR A RUN TO MAKE SURE IT,S OK.
normally use water pump pliers to nip it in place then tighten riveter to get a good fit, then wallop with hammer.
make that 2. big lump hammer at the back, claw / ball hammer at the front and give it a sharp crack. you dont have to completely mushroom the rivet over btw, just flat the top off or use a proper rivet tool!
yep big hammer to be on the safe side ,,,,,, just got that sorted then got a rocking grat hole right in the middle of the tread must have gone over something really sharp So new tyre tomorrow...then ,, try and discover why its dropping power .....
