VFR Chain Help

[fz1grl]

Please post this on the MSTA Honda VFR forum. For some reason it won't let me do it.

Thanks.

TOM


I put a new chain on my VFR and I tried to adjust the slack out of it with the took kit spanner.
However, the teeth between the hub sprocket are all rounded off and the cheap spanner tool that they give you in the tool kit does nothing.
I tried banging on it with a big screw driver and hammer like Beaman told me once before.
It worked then, but it doesn't move at all now.
I even took the pinch bolt completely out and spread the space out with another big screw driver.
The top pinching area moves but the bottom part does not.
I watched a Utube video and an Englishman disassembled his whole hub because of a stuck spanner.
Would buying a better spanner save me from having to do that?

[NinjaBob]

Is the spanner slipping? If the notches in the hub are rounded out a new spanner probably will not help. If the spanner is gripping but the hub won't rotate it sounds like the cam is siezed. I would try soaking it in penetrating oil.

[stlthmsta]

Yeah, what Bob said!! Seriously, that's what it sounds like to me from here. Try PB blaster, good stuff. Also there is Kroil and a few others. Good luck, TM

[Tom Sullivan]

Yeah, what Bob said!! Seriously, that's what it sounds like to me from here. Try PB blaster, good stuff. Also there is Kroil and a few others. Good luck, TM

Thanks, guys! The penetrating oil trick worked! I also bought a heavy duty spanner from Cycle Gear that is going to make the job easier in the future.

I did have a dumb-ass moment though. I put all of the old master-link parts from my old chain too close to my new chain parts. Then while putting on the new master-link I wrestled with the clip for 30 minutes before realizing that my new master-link pins had no outer groves and was a press fit type. I could have sworn that the new chain came with a clip in the package, so I guess I picked up the old clip thinking it was the new one. Anyone want any work done on your bike? LOL

[TN2Wheeler]

Thanks, guys! The penetrating oil trick worked! I also bought a heavy duty spanner from Cycle Gear that is going to make the job easier in the future.

I did have a dumb-ass moment though. I put all of the old master-link parts from my old chain too close to my new chain parts. Then while putting on the new master-link I wrestled with the clip for 30 minutes before realizing that my new master-link pins had no outer groves and was a press fit type. I could have sworn that the new chain came with a clip in the package, so I guess I picked up the old clip thinking it was the new one. Anyone want any work done on your bike? LOL

Hey Tom, I've never seen a "press fit" masterlink. The ones without a clip are supposed to be riveted using a chain rivet tool. Something like this:

http://m.motorcycle-superstore.com/I...mStyleId=21457



Jim Randall

[Tom Sullivan]

Thanks, Jim. After discovering that I had a, "riveted" type master link I went on the internet and found some kid that showed me how to use a standard c clamp to spread the end out. It seems to have done the job because it got me to and from work one day without falling off, LOL. I'll keep an eye on it and maybe stick a bee-bee in-between it and the c clamp and see if I can spread it a little more until I can get one of those tools that you recommend.