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Title: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: yozzer74 on January 13, 2016, 07:29:38 AM

Has anyone fitted a cam chain with a rivet link .and is it easy to do

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: mike the bike 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.

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: yozzer74 on January 13, 2016, 12:30:27 PM

Cheers

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: Bryanj 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

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: mike the bike on January 13, 2016, 05:09:51 PM

The 500T has the correct size soft link

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: Trigger on January 13, 2016, 09:14:05 PM

Easy to do if you know what you are going ;D

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: yozzer74 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 .

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: Bryanj on January 14, 2016, 07:08:59 AM

They are all riveted originally----don't magically arrive in one piece from the engineering dimension

Title: Re: Cam chain rivet link
Post by: yozzer74 on January 14, 2016, 07:17:04 AM

Very true but they will have a machine doing it .