Chain splitter/ riveter recommendations?

[Cadbury]

Hi all,
My NC700 is in need of new chain and sprockets, going to give this one a go myself,im looking for a recommendation for a decent chain tool to tackle this with.
Is something like this at only £30 suitable? Or am I better off with something like this at £100 I'd rather invest in something that will last me for several years but there seems to be either cheap ones, or expensive ones. Nothing middle of the road.

Anybody got any recommendations?
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NC700x.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Angle grinder and a centre punch.
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[MCN]

Bike shop.
1hr labour.

No need to get your hands dirty.

Cheaper than a splitter.

You need to spend proper money on one that will last.

Cheap is a definite fail. They normally don't do big bike chains without disintegration or fcuking up the pin. Not pressing it in fully and serious chain fail photos. or all too common high 'Black Nail' risk. (Muuum...)

It is a fairly easy job and will be cheaper to do after you have fitted two or three chains. (saving the garage cost and time).
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[colink98]

they are both the same thing.

The sealy one i purchased from Wemoto only a couple of weeks back with a new chain and sprockets.

As MCN says the pin which is supposed to flare the rivet just gave way. it deformed and bent... totally waste of time and made very little impact on the chain link.

after much head scratching i cut the pin where it was bent and took it our of the tool and straight into the bin.

i took one of the old bearings (which i was replacing at the same time)
and took out the ball bearings.

using a ball bearing on the end of the threaded part of the tool against the part of the rivet to be flared worked a total treat.

So the pins are shit.
but the tool can be made to work.
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[fireyphoenix1...]

Find a good mechanic, use only them for your bikes needs. Form a friendship.
Mine allows me to use a bench in his workshop and all his tools for £8 an hour. its extra income without added workload to him.
In return i help him out around the shop every now and then.

I have saved thousands over the years, have the use of quality tools the do a job properly and have good advice on hand if i get stuck.
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2014 Aprillia dorsoduro 750 factory.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Chain riveting is one job I won't do myself because I can't be sure what's good or bad in terms of the finished item, and I've got no expert on hand to tell me. I've done it on push bikes so I've maybe half an idea, but that's not enough. Chain breakage would be on my mind constantly.

[ADSrox0r]

Laser one has served me well over the years, although a mate went full ape and snapped one of the pins Doesn't matter though, tbh I usually just grind a chain to split it these days I'm getting old and lazy.

https://www.lasertools.co.uk/product/4557
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[Rogerborg]

[Beehive Bedlam]

If you've got a tool fetish like me then buy the whale tool.

If you can't be arsed there's no shame in just taking it to a garage and paying for an hours labour.

If you want it done as cheaply as possible fit the chain and sprockets yourself. Mole grip and nut for the soft link.

[kramdra]

None of the above. You want to use the DID KM500R chain tool or one of the many clones. It is well made and will give perfect rivet every time.

Www.ebay.co.uk/itm/33233174570

With any riviter, you do/should grind the head from the old rivit before pushing it out.

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Beehive Bedlam]

[fireyphoenix1...]

I dont even bother with grinding pins off, 3inch cut off disc takes the chain off in 10 seconds.

Just make sure to break the torque on the front sprocket nut before hand cause its a nightmare to get off with no chain to the back wheel
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[tom_e]

I grind the old chain off and use one of these https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0061V2LG8/ref=psdc_1938979031_t1_B000WZAAUS to flare the new rivet.

I've done 5 chains or so with it so far and it's still going strong, more than paid for itself in saved labour after the first chain.

[MCN]

[kramdra]

Seems my link did not work.. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332331745760
www.didchain.com/chainTools.html

[MCN]

[Nobby the Bastard]

You only need to deform the rivet enough so that the plate can't fall off and doesn't move. The strength of the chain link isn't really dependant on how pretty your deformed link is.
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Sprint ST 1050

[Howling Terror]

If you're hamfisted it's easy to flare the soft rivet too much and leave yourself with a weak link so to speak.
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[Beehive Bedlam]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[Howling Terror]

Admire my chain splitter.

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Witness my peen.

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[MCN]

[Hong Kong Phooey]

[Howling Terror]

Never got on with gloves unless I'm cleaning brake parts...horrid and sweaty or lubed fingers? [sound of ladies getting moist].

@Phooey.
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