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rogerzilla

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Et tu, Brute?
« on: 05 May, 2008, 04:21:28 pm »
Dura-Ace 9-speed chain 1, Park Mini Chain Brute 0.

In the end I shortened it with a hammer and a punch.

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FatBloke

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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #1 on: 05 May, 2008, 04:36:50 pm »
'kin' 'ell!!!!   :o ;D
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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #2 on: 06 May, 2008, 12:03:06 pm »
*Rogerzilla using Tarzan voice*

Me Tarzan

Aaaah, aaah etc etc, and beats chest

 ;D ;D


*/Rogerzilla using Tarzan voice*
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Pingu

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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #3 on: 06 May, 2008, 12:20:11 pm »
Jings  :o

You could get a job opening jars for oldies  ;)
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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #4 on: 06 May, 2008, 12:26:10 pm »
Do not try and bend the chain tool.  That's impossible.

Instead... only try to realize the truth.

There is no chain tool  :D
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Ian H

Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #5 on: 06 May, 2008, 12:46:35 pm »
If it doesn't push the pin out, it's not exactly centred on the pin. Sometimes it takes a few attempts to get everything aligned. Sometimes, if the tool is old, a new chain might not fit in far enough.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #6 on: 06 May, 2008, 01:22:56 pm »
This was a new Dura-Ace chain, where the pins are peened to stop them coming out.  They take considerable effort to shift compared to a SRAM chain (where the pins are still peened, but not as much), because you're actually enlarging the hole in the sideplate.
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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #7 on: 06 May, 2008, 01:34:45 pm »
Ur doin it wrong. :thumbsup:
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Ian H

Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #8 on: 06 May, 2008, 01:40:40 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 06 May, 2008, 01:22:56 pm
This was a new Dura-Ace chain, where the pins are peened to stop them coming out.  They take considerable effort to shift compared to a SRAM chain (where the pins are still peened, but not as much), because you're actually enlarging the hole in the sideplate.

Are the pins as hard as or harder than the sideplates? The motorcycle chains I used to deal with - many, many years ago - were peened. Removing the pin straightened the peened shoulder of the pin rather than damaging the sideplate.
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rogerzilla

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Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #9 on: 06 May, 2008, 02:43:50 pm »
Maybe these pins were too hard.
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Wendy

Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #10 on: 06 May, 2008, 02:52:31 pm »
This is a meatware problem.   ;) ;D
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andrew_s

Re: Et tu, Brute?
« Reply #11 on: 06 May, 2008, 02:54:00 pm »
Trying to drive out the black joining pin?

(probably indistinguishable on a mucky chain)
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