I just bought a new chain for my bike and there was this kind of link with it. They call it screw master link. Is it safe to use? Feels like the rivet type is safer but I have to use a tool to install it. Kronhjort
Do a Google search and you'll find good reviews on this link. I'm thinking I'll try one next time around. Sarah
Of course you are 100% correct that the original poster should have done a Google search before posting here and expecting someone else to do his research for him. If he had done so, which took me all of 20 seconds, he would have come up with at least these search returns, and perhaps more : http://www.r1-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=234825 http://www.svrider.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46043
Oh please forgive me!!! I have Googled and read these sites plus those that are written here but since they are old I thought you had some news. But I see this was the wrong place to ask. Once again I'm sorry!
Don't be sorry, thanks for posting. It's something I never saw and I learned something new. That's what online formums are for.
You're in the right place and there's no reason to be sorry at all. I hope I didn't sound unfriendly or harsh in my reply. You didn't mention any prior research so I figured Google would be the place to start. I've wondered time and again about that EK link myself. Sarah
Yeah, no reason to be sorry. Somebody is just having a bad day. I also learn something new because of your post. And like you I went and googled it and got a bunch of old hits. I just came back to yours post to see if someone would have replied saying they have been using them for thousands of miles... I think that's what forums are for. If you have to think too much before asking a question, then it sucks. The kind of attitude you received is what makes noobs not ask questions because they are TOO dumb/embarrassing, TOO whatever... Let's all chill
Just curious, have you used them in applications where the chain goes through a chain guide under the swingarm, as it feeds onto the rear sprocket?
Hey OP, Please don't clutter up this site asking bike-related questions. Especially if google turns up anything that's been posted in the past 15 years. The kids here are only interested in bewbies, bacon, beer, and strangely, one another's mothers.
Thanks for your help! What makes me worried is that it looks like it is just the rubber rings that locks the plate. Well I guess I use it and keep a good look at the rubber rings.
This guy just wasn't sure either, so he added a couple of nuts to the posts: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/31-screw-type-master-link-install-and-test/ Good pictures in this thread: http://www.klr650.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24044 Note that a couple of guys had clearance issues with upgraded (longer) subframe bolts. Sarah
Look up Hi-Lock fasteners, they hold a lot of the airframe together on commercial aircraft. The nut shears off at a specific torque. These look very similar.
Now I feel stupid. I press the plate on. But what keep the plate from sliding off? Is it really enough to just press it on? When I use a rivet link the tool expand the end of the pins so the plate can't come off. My guess was that the o-rings kept the plate from coming off. I hope you undestand my Swedish English.
That's what it looks like to me as well. Similar to pop-riveting, the central core looks like it is "weakened" so that it snaps precisely when it is tensioned appropriately. Hence I would not recommend using a caliper to measure the link, as if this is the case the product is engineered to be run till it cracks off.
Ever think that he - like myself - might give more weight to recommendations based on first-hand use from inmates here instead of anonymous interweb folks? Cut him some friggin slack, we were all noobs once.
On my 2006 BMW F650GS, they do stick out far enough to interfere with the Touratech chain guide. I haven't bothered with trying to file them down shorter. In the meantime, the chain guide is lying on my bench. doc
