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Offline yozzer74

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Cam chain rivet link
« on: January 13, 2016, 07:29:38 AM »
Has anyone fitted a cam chain with a rivet link .and is it easy to do
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2016, 07:38:59 AM »
Done it on my 400.  I used a split link to join the new chain to the old one, turned the crank until the new one is fed through, then used the soft link.  I used a large hammer on the back as an anvil.  The whole job only took an hour.
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Where's that 10mm socket got to?

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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2016, 12:30:27 PM »
Cheers
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2016, 03:16:13 PM »
Only way to do it on a 450/500 twin and if its the same size chain there is a Honda part number
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2016, 05:09:51 PM »
The 500T has the correct size soft link
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2016, 09:14:05 PM »
Easy to do if you know what you are going ;D
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2016, 10:16:40 PM »
It wasn't really doing it that was the issue. it was if it was safe to do .wasn't sure if you could have a rivet link in it .
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2016, 07:08:59 AM »
They are all riveted originally----don't magically arrive in one piece from the engineering dimension
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Re: Cam chain rivet link
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2016, 07:17:04 AM »
Very true but they will have a machine doing it .
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