clip-type vs rivet master links

[r1champ]

thanks 88/750, love and respect.. i cant take it though, ide hate to take something that you might need or have to use (never know what may comeup) knock on wood..

just found one at http://www.qbcarbon.com/index2.htm

for £425.54* - Standard
£519.15* - Piggyback

i guess x those £ by 1.5 and theres my price.. oh shit but they have euros now and not pounds, shit i gotta find out..

thanks for looking out 88/750!!

 

[88/750]

r1champ I'm in SF right now w/coupon and bored where're you at ?

 

[r1champ]

im in SF, live by SF state, right off brotherhood way (the old dragstrip) eric@handcraftedpixels.com

 

[magyarbetyar]

damn, i need to stop going to the shop i go to, every time i get something, everybody seems to get it way cheaper.. was looking at an ohlins rear shock at that place for $1100.00, know of a cheaper place??

Go to SBN and PM a guy named ThunderaceNI. He quoted me 780 for a rear Ohlins shipped.:eek

 

[omegajeff]

hey 88/750:.....how would you use safety wire on the chain to hold the clip? i'm very, very curious.......my engineering mentality is taking over!! maybe if you've got a picture of this setup you can post it.

 

[88/750]

I guess it's pretty simple, but it's got to be tight or the sprocket will cut it off. You just wrap it around both the clip and the plate with the tie on the outside. Maybe a little towards the rear of the link?:burnout

 

[88/750]

RTV alone works for me.

 

[omegajeff]

I don't suggest anybody trying to use safety wire on their masterlink, that's for sure! Even if the saftey wire did hold up to all the punishment, it would definitely ruin your sprockets, especially if you're running an aluminum rear.

Anybody else ever heard/seen/done this??

 

[ninja_rydr]

A few guys from SB.N suggested doing that for me.

 

[88/750]

actually, I was just looking at my chain (a 530) and there is a ton a room in there for safety wire, right in the center. I dont know how a sprocket could cut it off, but maybe it might somehow. Still a dab of goo is all I need. I still don't know how they fly off in the first place, they snap-on pretty tight.:burnout

 

[88/750]

Hey ninja_rydr, what's up with that Jack the tripper stuff?

 

[sasquatch]

I Just got done replacing both sprockets and the chain.

Tools
1 Dremel with cut off wheel
1 Round cold chisel
1 Needle nose vise grip
1 3lb sledge
1 8lb sledge

This is the 3rd time i have done it this way

SAS

 

[JackTheTripper]

I don't suggest anybody trying to use safety wire on their masterlink, that's for sure! Even if the saftey wire did hold up to all the punishment, it would definitely ruin your sprockets, especially if you're running an aluminum rear.

Anybody else ever heard/seen/done this??

Shop did this to my bike once. Wire was MIA within about 500 miles.

 

[omegajeff]

ya know, that chain is slappin' back-and-forth, up-and-down, side-to-side. sooner or later that safety wire is going "bye bye."

I don't know how the clip-on master link would come off, either. I've ridden dirt bikes for more than 10 years and used only the clip-on master link. I NEVER had one come off. Apparently others have, and just the fact of knowing that it could happen scares me. So, I went a bought a MotionPro chain breaker/riveter kit. Nowadays I use only the riveted master link.

jc

 

[88/750]

O.K. guys who's gonna tie one on for the official B.A.R.F. safety-wire-on-the-master-link endurance test? I'd do it, but I've got no wire or wire tool. :nerd