Chain Breaker

Whale brand, nothing else I've used comes close (I have a drawer full of broken ones)

 

I’ve used crap ones in the past. My last one just about managed one new chain and it bent getting the rivet in the last tiny bit. Ended up using a ball peen hammer to finish it off.

Not used it but the one that numerous people have recommended to me is the whale one. I’ll be doing my chain and sprockets soon so may have to buy it.

https://www.motorcycle-road-and-rac...zqZyiJpcr8rpcUbysWhSIn_-ZHFa5hLRoC9mYQAvD_BwE

 

That’s the one I have, expensive but worth it if you want a tool that lasts a lifetime.

 

I don't know if you have easy access to Unior tools but I have this one and it screams quality.

 

I use a grinder to cut the old chain off and the AFAM tool to fit new chain

It’s cheap and very easy to use with very good instructions

 

as flatstick says , you are supposed to at least grind the head off the pin before using any chain breaker to push the remains of the pin out.

 

Just grind the head of the rivets and knock them through with a punch. The AFAM tool I got from biketorque Racing with my chain And sprocket kit.

 

Been using a Sealey heavy duty chain tool for as long as I can remember, had it in my tool kit since I was a kid, its never broke yet.....

 

It’s not getting the pin out that’s the issue. I think we know to grind the heads off

The cheap tools can’t cope with deforming the new rivet at the end. The old rivet comes out fine, the new one goes in fine but the rivet is made of stronger stuff than those tools that come in that red box.

 

Unior's tool copes perfectly with removing the pin without needing to grind it first. And I am talking 530 type chains. Of course a circular saw helps but in case you don't have one, it still works.

 

Whale tool is a great bit of kit. Will last a lifetime