What is a good chain tool? And ebay sucks!

[Stiffler]

Hi,

I'm in search of a decent chain tool as the pile of junk I bought off ebay did this:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/chaintool.jpg
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[MattEMulsion]

Thats crap quality, send it back to the seller and tell him you want a refund. If I buy anything off ebay that doesn't live up to expectation then the seller gets it back and either refunds me or gives me a decent replacement.

As for chain tools I don't have any experience of them but I do know that a lot of folks on the R6MessageNet seem to just use the old centre punch and hammer trick to peen over the ends of the pins.
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[finpos]

My recent chain tool experience:

Those little ones in the picture are fine for small bike chains.
For bigger bikes, you need the much bigger 70 quid ones
Both types are rubbish at breaking chains. Use an angle grinder to flatten the rivet tops first.

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[G]

That type of chain tool is usually intended for use with hollow rivets.
I suspect you may have used it with a solid rivet - I made the same mistake in the past.

If the head of your rivet has a solid head, you really need a 'whale' chain tool. Costs a bit more, but does the job and is what you seen in most bike workshops.

For the record, I find my whale is fine for splitting chains tool; wouldn't like to try the screw-type however.

[TUG]

good job i didnt buy one, it looks like there has been little bubles during the casting proces, didnt hit anythin when it snapped did you? bet that would of killed,


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