Re: [CR]Chain tool?

(Example: Framebuilders:Tubing:Columbus)

Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:27:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: "John Barry" <usazorro@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Chain tool?
To: rmikkelsen@aol.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <8C873CFE326AADB-1AE0-4DFE@FWM-M36.sysops.aol.com>


Dear anonymous,

I've had this situation occur, although with different brands of chain. Being too cheap to buy more chain tools, I have been successful by pushing the pin of the stiff link on alternating sides about a quarter turn with the chain tool. Sometimes this helps. When it doesn't, I place a flathead screwdriver blade in at 90 degrees to the stiff link, and twist the handle so as to lever the pinch open by a very small amount.

Good luck with it.

Regards,

John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA


--- rmikkelsen@aol.com wrote:


> I'm retiring the 5-speed freewheel on my late-70s
> Chris Kvale bike and switching to a Suntour Ultra
> 6-speed Winner freewheel. I got a SRAM PC-68 chain
> with it. The chain instuctions refer to a
> proprietary chain tool for the PC-68. Do I really
> need that? I tried removing a link with the standard
> chain tool I have used for my five-speed chains, and
> it seemed to have pinched the remaining link in the
> process -- it pivots stiffly now. Any advice?
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