http://sprocketcente...rivet-tool.html
The price is right and I don't need a tool to cut off the old chain so this would work for me. I have a high opinion of Sprocket Center and don't think they would carry an inferior tool but wanted to see if anyone had a comment on this tool.
That's a mini press tool, with no way to flare your pins, So Id wait till you can get a whole kit from cycle gear, for the same or less money. Ive seen the kits go on sale for as low as $20
Really the only cheap part to worry about is the chain breaker, cause a 530 will damage most of them trying to break a chain, if you don't grind the heads down first.
I started using bolt cutters to break chains - so far works great and gets some aggression out my system! This press looks like it might prevent over-pressing the pins which for someone like me who tends to over-tighten things, might be the ticket. It does not look very substantial however . . .
The picture looks to me like there is a cone on the press pin to flare the rivets. I can't think of why they would make one without it. Seems like a nice simple tool, that will fit in a tool kit nicely. Having to carry a Dremel tool to grind the old link pins would kind of negate that advantage, though. :blush: Price is about what I would expect, if the plates are good steel. Probably worth it, IMO. The pins in the cheap kit from Cycle Gear break first time you use them.
Kevin
My Motion Pro kit was getting tired and the replacement parts are quite expensive.
I bought this: http://www.ebay.com/...#ht_3801wt_1124
It is exactly the same as my Motion Pro for 50.00 less and in a red box instead of a blue box...
^^^ That looks like a good tool for the bucks.
--- Just for discussion - What chain tools are considered to be the "top notch"?
It looks like it would get the job done, just not as easily as a full sized tool. Kind of like the old square chain breakers we used to carry on dirt bikes. They worked but that's about all you could say about them.
My Motion Pro kit was getting tired and the replacement parts are quite expensive.
I bought this: http://www.ebay.com/...#ht_3801wt_1124It is exactly the same as my Motion Pro for 50.00 less and in a red box instead of a blue box...
All the buyers I could find (and there were a fair number) gave it positive feedback. To be fair, they may not have used it or if so, likely not more than once.
My Motion Pro kit was getting tired and the replacement parts are quite expensive.
I bought this: http://www.ebay.com/...#ht_3801wt_1124It is exactly the same as my Motion Pro for 50.00 less and in a red box instead of a blue box...
+1
I bought the one mentioned off ebay a while ago and it lasted one chain unfortunately with one of the pins braking very easily.