What mileage is on you bike?A complete cam chain means a major engine strip down as you need to lift out the crank to get the chain on and you cannot just seperate the crankcases as two of the crankcase bolts are under the barrel . A split chain from an engine point of view is just the carburettors, alternator cover and cam cover and cam chain tensioner off first and then the plugs and cams out. Split the chain and attached the new chain to the split link. With your third hand, turn the engine over holding the chain tightly and feeding it through. Install the cams, join the chain, check the cam timing, install the tensioner, check cam timing again. Replace the cam covers, alternator cover and carburettors.Max time about 6 hours for a split chain (a very good mechanic could probably do it in 4 )
I bought mine from Wemoto http://www.wemoto.com/bikes/yamaha/fzs_600_fazer_sp/02-03/ and have found them very helful and goood to deal with.Scroll down to the engine section, Chain is supplied complete and you need to order the soft link seperately.
I've had no luck at all trying to find an open chain with a rivet link anywhere including all the reccomendations on here Actually found a DID one in my shed (was a spare for the blackbird) and I checked out the specs, same length @ 130 links, same pitch@ 6.35 but inner width was different - so feck that anyway!Any ideas where else I can try? I tried fleabay, Wemoto, AJ Sutton etc. but to no avail.Cheers, Gar
here's an open chain with rivet link, bit more expensive.http://yamahascooterspares.co.uk/spares/partImage.asp?GPN=741.21.25&model=YAMAHA%20FZS%20600%20FAZER%2000-03&uid=0
The quad stake anvil there looks too big for doing a cam chain, do they do a smaller one. Also noticed this was called the jumbo chain tool, so does it have driving pins small enough to split a cam chain The tool I borrow to split mine was like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Cam-Drive-Chain-Splitter-Breaker-Link-Riveter-Motorcycle-NEW-/181116192118?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item2a2b5dc576#ht_3084wt_892 but it's no good for riveting as I have said before
what problem did you have using that tool to rivet the cam chain? I was also going to use that to do my cam chain.