Chain & Sprocket replacement

Hi all

Many thanks for the hints & tips to a newbie rider who needed to get a new chain & sprockets fitted.

I ended up ordering a Kit from Stealth products http://www.stealthproducts.co.uk/ who were recommended on here.

Ended up with Renthal Sprockets, and new X-Ring chain for £86. Got it fitted for £50 at my local Suzuki dealer (who took about 15 mins to do it start to finish!).

Thanks again for all the input, am well chuffed that I managed to save £50 off the original dealer price for a standard O ring replacement.

Ta

Iain

[Spanner Man]

Originally Posted by 2mths

I'd love to know what chain riveters proper workshops (in dealers or elsewhere) use. The one I have (borrowed) cost it's owner a fair whack from his local dealer. Having done just 2 chains with it I'm not sure it'll do many more. It bends when you rivet up the pin.

Morning all.

I have 3 different riveters. The official DID one, the official RK one. These cost around £85 each.
I also have a 'Whale' riveter which is the one I use mostly these days, as I tend to supply Tsubaki chain which have solid tipped pins.
The 'Whale' costs around £55, is very robust, & can be used on CLF type rivet links, (these are the ones with a dimple in the tip of the pin).
However, using the 'Whale' on a chain when it's fitted to the bike is a little tricky, & requires practise to get it right. It can also be a bit painful as you have to hold the riveter whilst striking it with a hammer, & you can scrape your knuckles on the rear wheel if you're not careful. (ask biker Billy).

It's not a problem for me cos I'M HARD!!

Cheers.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Spanner Man

It's not a problem for me cos I'M HARD!!

Cheers.

Pfft Southerners.

Do you ever use the technique of putting a big hammer behind and hitting with a small hammer from the outside of the chain?

[Spanner Man]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Pfft Southerners.

Do you ever use the technique of putting a big hammer behind and hitting with a small hammer from the outside of the chain?

Enough of that Northern Monkeyboy!!

I used to use the time honoured two hammer technique to good effect, back when God was a boy, & I had hair!
When using the Whale riveter there's not enough room on most bikes to get anything behind to support the Whale when clouting it, & there's always the danger of something slipping a damaging the wheel or swinging arm. So I prefer to let my MANSIZE southern hands to do their stuff.

When using the Whale it really helps to have the chain tight, & the bike in gear. I find around 3 or 4 sharp taps with a 2lb club hammer to be enough.

Cheers.

Thanks for all the useful tips..... I've printed off the linky info, ticked all the boxes for the tools, picked up an Xring and standard sprocket (£124 in total)
I've bought a riveter/ chain splitter thingy (£24 thanks to Mr Honda).

Ready to rock and roll