marcus.e.helman@gm.com wrote:
> When I worked at a shop in the late '70s the cool thing was to take a
> Cyclo, throw away the bolt/pin and replace it with the bolt/pin from a VAR.
> The thought was that the Cyclo bolt/pin was not so great; the pin always
> seemed to get loose, and the VAR body did not have that extra shelf for
> loosening a tight link. This way you got the best of both.
>
> The threads didn't fit perfectly, but the steel on the VAR was so hard that
> it cut its own channel. I still have mine.
And, for what it's worth, the pins for the VAR chain pliers work fine in the Gian Robert pliers, and have proven to be similarly durable.
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA