Whilst im sorting my bike out ive fitted new sprokets and chain, I used a grinder to remove the old one and have now fitted the new chain! ive pressed on the link BUT i dont have a tool to rivet the links up! anybody have a idea how to do this? Iv seen the tools on ebay for £50 but its kinda lot of money for riveting a chain up? if needs must ill buy the tool but if any of you know if theres a seperate tool for this job could you be kind enough and point me in the right direction. Cheers

basically you have to flatten the rivet. You can do this with a chisel if you are handy
Make sure something is on the other side of the chain so you don't put lateral stress on it when doing so.

Or go to a bike shop and see if you can borrow the tool....they do that around here if they know you.
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I used a grinder to take it off and you think im handy LOL ahhhh,

But ill give it a go! can i ask what you used at the back of the chain! whilst wacking yer new chain?

anyone else? used something else?

cheers

I use two hammers. A gurt biggun behind the chain, and a smaller more accurate one to swing at it. Been doing it that way for years. If you do the rivitting near a sprocket, the chain will flex less, though be carefull not to whack the teeth off your sprocket!
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yep! i,m with dave on that. BIG and smaller hammer

I prefer a big hammer and a REALLY BIG hammer! Best have a big screwdriver to hand too, then you can fix anything!
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Sounds good guys, So.

Big something hammer behind chain!
small hammer to clobber

and dont let Andy have a go!!

Too late... I've already been inside your motor!!

Big hammer, big screwdriver, a torque wrist, and a foot vice... all you need!
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rc46 wrote:Whilst im sorting my bike out ive fitted new sprokets and chain, I used a grinder to remove the old one and have now fitted the new chain! ive pressed on the link BUT i dont have a tool to rivet the links up! anybody have a idea how to do this? Iv seen the tools on ebay for £50 but its kinda lot of money for riveting a chain up? if needs must ill buy the tool but if any of you know if theres a seperate tool for this job could you be kind enough and point me in the right direction. Cheers

If you need the tool I have 2 and you are welcome to borrow one.

Do it properly when it comes to chains...
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Bleedin Philistines you lot!
Use the right tool ferrchristsakes!
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Thats very kind of you!!!!! Binka if your serious, PM me, of course ill pay postage both ways as your a bit far to pop round! thanks

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Bleedin Philistines you lot!

How dare you... I've never been anywhere near the Eastern Mediterranean!
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BINKA, thanks for the offer, on the way home i poped into a mates house and he had one, BAST5^*&*& must have been hiding it, Thank you so much for the offer but i have one, all i need now is to forget to return it LOL

Dave Ett wrote:I use two hammers. A gurt biggun behind the chain, and a smaller more accurate one to swing at it. Been doing it that way for years. If you do the rivitting near a sprocket, the chain will flex less, though be carefull not to whack the teeth off your sprocket!

That`s what I like to see, whack it with a big hammer!

I wouldn`t do it though, I bought the right tool cos I`m a big jessie!

A bike shop I knew used to do it this way all the time. They had a small bench vice they used to press the ends over with also. (Obviuosly it wasn`t bolted to a bench at the time)!

Personally, I think you`re all animals!

Roy.