>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> --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 Why hit, when you can press fit? Sorry I'll shutoff the rhyming traffic generator. Jerry Wills
