iandg
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Has anyone ever made a chain entirely from quick links?
Chain length 114 links.
Outer links 114/2 = 57 links
Joining link approx £4?
£4 x 57= £228
That's an expensive chain
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Has anyone ever made a chain entirely from quick links?
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...inclean.html&usg=AOvVaw1tNTNhbYPAVdsz5LB_wJa0Has anyone ever made a chain entirely from quick links?
Far better to clean off the bike - but agree, not with pinned chains, hence quicklink chains.That was mistake number one. Clean it in situ.
Read my post on the issue. It's illustrated with photos too.About that peened, I wonder what happens when a pin is pushed through a link plate, does the peened end reduce in diameter, or does the plate hole diameter increase, or both?
On my last assemble of two chains (I have to add links from a second to get in on length), after pushing back the pin I gave a hammer blow along a punch on the returned pin end. Just as a try, no idea about the effect it had.
Couldn't find the post with photos.Read my post on the issue. It's illustrated with photos too.
Couldn't find the post with photos.
I did find this though, which may have described it (if same subject) clear enough without need of pics:
"Reusable pins are the ones with two horizontal lines of peening and the non-reusable ones have a peen right round and the pin looks like a circle in a circle".
The pins do have 2 visible lines, not sure what processing methods cause the difference, maybe a punch on the whole surface of the pins (although wouldn't that risk a bend?) end versus 2 simultaneous punches 180 degrees opposed to eachother and under a 45 degrees or so angle so a partly deflection allowing more force without bend risk?
In case, then re-pushing a pin back poses no problem, also didn't experience one.