Well I've got a new chain for the VFR and was trying to install it tonight;
it needs 16 links removed to get from 120 to 104. This has proved so far to be unfruitful.
I thought all I needed to do was grind off the head of the rivet then punch it out with a drift. Didn't work, so I did all 4 rivet heads, punched both from each side, but still nothing budges.
So, am I missing something? Do I just need to grind more? cut the link itself? If so, how then do I remove the last bit?
I did manage to get the old chain off previously, but had no qualms about completely butchering it, so that's what I did. I would rather shorten the new chain in a more elegant way, without damaging it...
it needs 16 links removed to get from 120 to 104. This has proved so far to be unfruitful.
I thought all I needed to do was grind off the head of the rivet then punch it out with a drift. Didn't work, so I did all 4 rivet heads, punched both from each side, but still nothing budges.
So, am I missing something? Do I just need to grind more? cut the link itself? If so, how then do I remove the last bit?
I did manage to get the old chain off previously, but had no qualms about completely butchering it, so that's what I did. I would rather shorten the new chain in a more elegant way, without damaging it...
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