Topic: Cam chain riveting (take 2)

[Trevor from Warragul]

Now that's more like it!  And it came with instructions...

[Terry in Australia]

Let me know how well it works mate, i just bought one, but haven't tried it out yet! Cheers, Terry.

[Trevor from Warragul]

Will do.  I'm in Notting Hill (south of Glen Waverley), where are you?

[cmorgan47]

yeah, please post detailed results....i see this in my not so distant future.

[jabbadeznuts]

I got the MotionPro breaker and a separate riviter. Both work VERY well. You can really feel the quality of MotionPro stuff over the cheapies.

[Trevor from Warragul]

Well, I have successfully riveted a camchain!  The tool is great, but not perfect...

On the advice of you fellas I ordered a spare soft link to experiment with on the old camchain.  When I was riveting the tool would start off okay then skew to one side.  This resulted in an offcentre mushroom.  I didn't think this was so good, so I had a closer look at the tool.  The problem was there was too much play.  When the tool was tightened, the riveter would shift ever so slightly to one side.  The solution?  A few windings of Teflon tape around the riveting tool and the threads.  This locked the riveter in place & resulted in an (almost) uniform squishing of the link.

Geeze, I can't believe how tight the new chain is!  The old one was well & truly knackered.

Trevor

P.S.  Terry - I'm not a stalker...

[Master Ted]

When I was riveting the tool would start off okay then skew to one side.  This resulted in an offcentre mushroom.

P.S.  Terry - I'm a stalker...

I got the same result on first attempt(s). I found that by ensuring the main screw in the clamp was tight all went well when turning down inner screw.

[Terry in Australia]

P.S.  Terry - I'm not a stalker...

Good to know mate. I'm in Mill Park. Cheers, Terry.