Which Tool For Chain Splitting?

Grind the rivets off on the side plates and punch the link out.

 

i cut mine in two with a grinder

 

Grinder for me as well.

 

If you are really prepared to carry out your own chain maintenance and replacement, buy a cheap tool and you will end up buying one again and again. If you do a search there was a post last year that covered this topic in depth. Whatever tool you do buy, you still need a grinder be it Dremel or a something a little meatier. Andy

 

A 9" Paddys motorbike

 

I've used a kit from ebay similar to this one : ebay item number 390991811128

Used it 3 times on 525 and 520 chains and it's been ok. Only used it once to push out the soft rivet pin from scratch as it were. The other 2 times I ground off the end of the rivets with a dremel then used the tool to push them out of the links. It did work ok without grinding off the rivet ends but easier after grinding them off. Just make sure you use the right size pin to push rivets out. If you use a pin that's too small It'll just get stuck in the rivet and not push it out and the whole tool will get stuck !!!!
The kit also works to push the link plate in place and expand the ends of the soft rivets.

Cost me about £15

 

I normally smack a big fook off screwdriver down between the links and lever the buggers apart. Done about 20 chains like that, works every time.

 

bought one of these... snapped the correct size pin first up.. managed to achieve goal with the smaller pin but it was just nasty to use. Did do ok for splaying the rivets but i wouldnt recommend on the whole

 

That's what I do, but grind the tops off first.

 

I bought one of these......page 186 of the Bickers catalogue and is part number 5914609.

For DID chains etc.

Worked fine for me, including riveting a new link in place.........looks as though it is OK to do several more if I need to.

If you don't replace the link, you are asking for trouble.