Ive been looking at chains on ebay and was wondering if you get a longer chain with say 120 links can you cut it down to 110 safely? Ive read in a couple of auctions that you can but I have no idea if that is true or if you need a special tool. Thanks.
Yeah, you'll need a chain breaker, or at least something to drive out the link pin. I guess you could do it on a bench vice with a hammer, an awl, some pliers, and a stead swing, but you should worry about kinking the chain or messing it up in some unforseeable way. Worth a try, If you can't do it, bring the chain to the shop and have them do it. On a 120 link chain you'll have about 9-10 links left over.
I bought a chain breaker for a mini bike chain way back in the day but it fits on #520, so good for me... So you don't actually cut the chain, just drive one of the link pins. The chain breaker tool clinches onto the chain and then you screw a t-handle with a pin on the end and it and it drives one of the pins out, then you use a connector link with an elongated circlip type of thing to connect them back together..
Cool, thanks for the info, Ill have to see if I can locate a chain breaker.
Check out these tools (http://www.motionpro.com/Docs/chaintools.html) from Motion Pro. Then buy one at Chaparral (http://www.chaparral-racing.com/). :roll: (Search for Motion Pro chain.)
For some related info, see this post (http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=100101#100101) and the rest of the thread.
Sweet, Thanks Kerry. Wow Id give that post you linked up a vote to the FAQ forum, thats a real good post.