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Demonz
01-04-09, 01:23 PM
Hi Guys - just checking if anyone has a chain breaker/joiner tool I could borrow.

Cheers,
Grant
DanAbnormal
01-04-09, 02:59 PM
Hmm, no but if I get really angry I could probably snap it with my bare hands. :cheers:
dirtydog
01-04-09, 04:05 PM
Hmm, no but if I get really angry I could probably snap it with my bare hands. :cheers:


Either that or tear the whole bike apart and leave the bits strewn around the garden ;);)


I broke my chain breaker a while ago but not got around to replacing it yet
DanAbnormal
01-04-09, 06:31 PM
Either that or tear the whole bike apart and leave the bits strewn around the garden ;);)




Yeah more likely! :smt041

So what's a chain breaker? Is it the opposite to a riveting tool? Can you not just cut it or pull a linl apart?
dirtydog
01-04-09, 06:49 PM
Yeah more likely! :smt041

So what's a chain breaker? Is it the opposite to a riveting tool? Can you not just cut it or pull a linl apart?


A chain breaker is a tool that is used to break chains ;)

But yeah pretty much the opposite of a riveting tool, normally has a pin to push out the pin in a chain link. TBH though i'd probably just used an anglegrinder to cut the old chain off.
falc
01-04-09, 06:56 PM
Yer, as DD said use an angle grinder, very quick and effective.

I also had a breaker/rivetter tool and broke it.
Demonz
01-04-09, 08:33 PM
Thanks for the tips. What about getting it back on again? Sorry for the dumb questions - not changed a chain since i was 6 and then was only watching my pops.
DanAbnormal
01-04-09, 10:29 PM
I also had a breaker/rivetter tool and broke it.

You broke the breaker? :rolleyes:
dirtydog
02-04-09, 07:29 AM
Thanks for the tips. What about getting it back on again? Sorry for the dumb questions - not changed a chain since i was 6 and then was only watching my pops.

What I normally do is fit a split link then nip down my local bike shop and they rivet it for a fiver. I think wemoto do a tool called the whale tail or something like that

You broke the breaker? :rolleyes:

It's easier than you'd think :smt012
Dave20046
02-04-09, 08:14 AM
I ground mine off, and then riveted my new chain back on.
Do as DD says RE getting it back on if you don't have a riveter.