--On Tuesday, September 24, 2002 10:32 AM -0400 John Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you hit the link that hard to peen it, you will probably locked up the > link. It only takes a few light taps to lock the link in place. A few > light taps doesn't bother the sprocket at all. If you beat the hell out of > it the link to flatten the head, the chain will kink as it rotates on the > sprocket and beating it will damage the sprocket. That isn't necessary , > it only takes a very slight flattening of the tip to lock the master link > on the chain. If you question that, try it and then try to remove the > link after a few light taps. It takes a grinder to get the link apart > once the head is even slightly peened.
Our you can use a riveter and be done with it. :-) Mike "Right tool for the job" Weaver -- Michael Weaver (706)542-6462 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering Services EITS University of Georgia, Athens Ga. )O( Public PGP key: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~weaver/pgp.html
