Chain and Sprocket

[Weldrick]

Need a new one, never had to do this before so I've been looking around, seen a few new ones on Ebay and one I've singled out is a Gold X Ring Chain and Sprocket Kit for £85, it's for a Honda CB600 Hornet 1998, I just need some help on whether this is a good choice or not?

[Weldrick]

Sorry, forgot to mention, the make of the chain and sprocket I am looking at is D.I.D

[Casper]

DID is one of the top brands.

[Chalky.]

DID are right up there.

Well reknown for their quality.

If you look after it well, it'll last the time you have the bike, within reason of course.

[SuzukiTom]

[Weldrick]

Well I've put the order in for a DID chain and sprocket set, £88.44 off Ebay, next step fitting!

[SuzukiTom]

[Weldrick]

Nope never, I'm not sure whether it's a split link chain or not? If not I don't have the tool to split the chain, I will end up taking it somewhere much less hassle for my very little mechanically minded mind

[SuzukiTom]

[DrDonnyBrago]

[stonesie]

To save you some money and gain experiance I would say to do it yourself but buy a split link to suit your chain so you can fit it yourself then take it to a bike garage for them to replace the split link with the rivet link.

To split the old chain grind the heads of the rivets on one link and tap them out with a hammer and punch.

[Casper]

[SuzukiTom]

if you do go for it yourself remember to leave the chain on until you have undone the front sprocket nut! dont de-linkt he chain first!

[philoldsmobil...]

most chain kets come with a rivet link and a split link, so i'd second doing it yourself and just getting the shop to change the split link for a rivet link. I ran a split link on aCBR 600 for a while, and while the side plate never shifted (they are a tight fit and it needed to be pressed on with a small G clamp and a socket) the spring itself did ping off a couple of times.

as mentioned above, first job before doing anything else is undoing the front sprocket if its a single nut job. easiest way is to sit on the bike in gear and with both brakes hard on, and get someone with a dirty great breaker bar and a decent socket to undo it.

[Weldrick]

I've managed to get a split link tool and riveter, going to have a crack at it myself I think guys! Spoke to several people on how to do it and they all said it was easy going to check a few youtube vids out on how it has been done. Now a bigger problem is lack of the correct size sockets/spanners! I'm thinking a nice fresh stock of tools before I start to remove the chain is in order!

[Weldrick]