Re: Stupid chain question...

If you use a chain breaker to cut the OEM endless chain, it becomes
just like every other chain you'd buy with a master link.  So you'll
need a DID 525 master link (not for the top end link, but the 525V
because the pin diameter is slightly larger in the super high end
chain)

If the chain you got was cut already, that saves you a step (and
therefore wasn't OEM, no matter what they told you)

you can thread the new chain through all its contortions without
removing the swingarm, and without using the old chain to pull the new
one through, but it's easier to use the old chain.

One thing to note that looks like a misunderstanding on your part:
You CANNOT re-use a link.  Once you punch the rivets out, it's done,
trash.  You have to use a new master link.

Oh yea, it doesn't matter which link of your new chain you cut,
they're all the same.

        -Will


  On Wed, 1 Mar 2006, Chris Weiss wrote:

> Okay, so I blindly ordered a chain and sprockets a few weeks ago
> without doing much research. I got the Suzuki OEM chain.
>
> My understanding is that I can use a chain breaker to pop out one of
> the rivets on the old chain to remove it, and pop out one of the
> rivets on the new chain to put it on without having to remove the
> swingarm. Once on, I can use the chain breaker to mash the rivet back
> in.
>
> But then, there was a post about having the OEM Suzuki chain being
> endless and having to remove the swingarm to install it. Is that
> right? I've hit up many chain changing sites, but nobody's actually
> got good details on endless chains and chain breakers - most are about
> clips or don't go any farther than "use the chain breaker to break the
> chain".
>
> If I can indeed use a breaker on this chain, is there a specific pin I
> should be looking for, or do I need to pick up a special master link?
>
> Guidance here would be greatly appreciated :)
>
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