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Title: Chain rivet query
Post by: Shinigami on 27 June 2016, 11:16:41 pm

Reeto,


I've whacked a new set of sprockets and chain on the fz6, however the cheap peice of shit riveting too I had has apparently got a riveting bit that's softer than the rivet...


so I've  been trying to bash the rivet to flare it and used whatever i could find to do so, however i'm not sure how much is enough to not result in all of the death.


Is the pic below flared enough?


https://goo.gl/photos/TgjaqZhwjwGGyCb48 (https://goo.gl/photos/TgjaqZhwjwGGyCb48)

Title: Re: Chain rivet query
Post by: Megawatt on 28 June 2016, 12:26:17 am

Looks good to me. I use two hammers when I rivet a link.

Title: Re: Chain rivet query
Post by: Shinigami on 28 June 2016, 09:44:10 am

the rivet end was a lot tougher and harder than I expected, had to give it a fair number of taps to get it like this..


is that normal? everything i tried to push in the hole to flare ended up worse off than the rivet end  :rollin

Title: Re: Chain rivet query
Post by: Megawatt on 28 June 2016, 12:28:06 pm

Yes some rivets don't have a big enough hole in the middle and don't flare out.  I put a lump hammer behind the rivet link and tap the front with a ball pein hammer to flare it over just enough.

Title: Re: Chain rivet query
Post by: Shinigami on 03 July 2016, 10:59:45 pm

they weren't flared enough, I went an acquired a digital caliper and a riveting pin from a motion pro tool and bodged it into my cheap chinese tool which did the job fine then  :lol