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Maintenance related I guess

Broke it on a chain pushing a rivet out. Ended up borrowing my old kit and that pushed it out easily so it wasn't killer tight.
 
Modern chains are MUCH stronger and harder than they used to be. You can't just slap on a chain tool and crank away these days.

If you grind the end of the rivet off, you'll never break a chain tool, even an el cheapo.

If you don't grind the rivet, you'll break your chain tool every time, even an expensive tool.

I have a $7 chain breaker from Harbor Freight that's worked great on several chains. (I use a Motion Pro riveter to install the new chain.)

That kit looks exactly like my $100 Motion Pro kit, aside from the color of the case. No idea if it's the same quality, but I bet it would work fine if it's not abused.
 
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I am interested in it for 2 reasons..first resetting the replacement link on the TX cam chain, and going to masterless chains on the bikes.
 
I just spoke to my mate to make sure I'm giving the right info on this.

He did grind the rivet heads off but admits there might have been a tad of head still intact. However, he is adamant that the amount of pressure he put on the tool was, in his words, 'less than needed to pull the skin off a rice pudding' (which translates as 'none' so he means very little).

When you handle the bits you can feel that they are low quality metal - they should be a lot heavier (does that make sense?)

I asked him about fitting the new rivet and he used my kit as he had it there. However, he reckons his set would have been able to do the job no problem.
 
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