BringThatShtIn Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 This may sound stupid, but I've been trying for ages to shorten the chain to get it to an acceptable tension. I thought the obvious thing was to use a chain tool, but either that doesn't seem to work or you have to twist the handle so hard it hurts your hand/might break the chain or something. What the hell do I do lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh barker Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 i had the problem with a shadow conspiricy chain but i just twisted the handle more may ben it a bit more though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie_Trials Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Put it on a hard surface with a little hole for the pin, get a screwdriver in the pin, wack it with a hammerTada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringThatShtIn Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Put it on a hard surface with a little hole for the pin, get a screwdriver in the pin, wack it with a hammerTada Lol, thanks... I thought of that, but the problem seems to be that the pins seem wider on the outside of the links that the gaps that they're in, if that makes sense, so it doesn't look as if the pins will push through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Lol, thanks... I thought of that, but the problem seems to be that the pins seem wider on the outside of the links that the gaps that they're in, if that makes sense, so it doesn't look as if the pins will push through?Mushroom head pins so they don't fall out. They do come out with a chain tool though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringThatShtIn Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Mushroom head pins so they don't fall out. They do come out with a chain tool though.Do they?! So if I just turn the chain tool handle really really hard they'll come out? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukasMcNeal Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Do they?! So if I just turn the chain tool handle really really hard they'll come out? Thanks.Yeah it shouldn't be too hard. Don't use a crappy halfords tool get a proper chain tool and it'll be alot easier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringThatShtIn Posted October 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 Yeah it shouldn't be too hard. Don't use a crappy halfords tool get a proper chain tool and it'll be alot easier Ok, I'll just try turning it as hard as I can lol. How come the pins don't just get damaged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted October 6, 2009 Report Share Posted October 6, 2009 The pins lose the mushroom effect to em, other than that they'll be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringThatShtIn Posted October 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 The pins lose the mushroom effect to em, other than that they'll be fine.So I can puh them through and then put them back in? I won't have to get new join pins at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 So I can puh them through and then put them back in? I won't have to get new join pins at all?You push the pins all the way through, but not out the other side 100% of the way, if you push them out completely you'll never get them back in. When you get near the end do a little bit at a time to stop that from happening. You do have to use a lot of force. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringThatShtIn Posted October 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 (edited) You push the pins all the way through, but not out the other side 100% of the way, if you push them out completely you'll never get them back in. When you get near the end do a little bit at a time to stop that from happening. You do have to use a lot of force.Ok I'll give it a go. Thanks for all the advice. Edited October 7, 2009 by BringThatShtIn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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