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Anyone done this themselves? Would I be better off getting someone who knows what theyre doing to do it?

Main concerns are undoing the nut whoch holds on the front sprocket and joining the new chain.

Any advise / thoughts welcome

Ta

Phill

Hi Phil - the sprockets are an easy job but take care on the front to make sure you tighten to the correct torque and use a glob of thread lock. There are some reports of it working loose I think. I've never had the tools to break and rivet a chain swap so I usuall do the sprockets myself and then take it to my friendly bike workshop for the chain swap - usually only charge a tenner.

phillvr6 wrote:Anyone done this themselves? Would I be better off getting someone who knows what theyre doing to do it?

Main concerns are undoing the nut whoch holds on the front sprocket and joining the new chain.

Any advise / thoughts welcome

Ta

Phill

...... has anybody not done it themselves ?

Make sure you re-torque everything properly - especially the front sprocket - and use locktite on the thread.

As for joining the chain, you need a tool to do it (well unless you remove the link with an angle grinder and pein the pin over with a hammer - but I don't recommend that method)

I guess the cost of the tool might tip the balance to getting someone to do it for you (assuming you don't already have one)

..... actually if you aren't confident with things like this, get someone who has experience to help - you don't want this going wrong.

I was planning on going down the hammer route with the link as for the price of a decent chain splitter I can get the lot done by someone else.

Think thats answered my question.

Ta

D-Rider wrote:
...... has anybody not done it themselves ?

Duhhh...yes!

You can get reasonably priced chain splittet/riveters and although you might not use it much, when you need one, they're gold.

I've used a ball peen hammer in the past, but holding the link when you bash it is painful and there's a good chance of damaging something else and there's a good chance of binding that link.

I learned the hard way years ago, changing sprockets was easy then offering up a chain that's several links too long I had no option but to bang in the split link and ride carefully to the bike shop to get them to cut and join properly. Not a lot of fun.

Want me to do it? Not too far from you and have a splitter.

Nooj wrote:Want me to do it? Not too far from you and I'm a splitter.

Is that the People's Front of Judea or the Judean Popular Front?

mangocrazy wrote:

Nooj wrote:Want me to do it? Not too far from you and I'm a splitter.

Is that the People's Front of Judea or the Judean Popular Front?

He's a very naughty boy

He's a very skint boy scratching round for any work going, bloody van insurance is due at the end of the month and it's more than I have in the bank.

Check motoforum, cheap van insurers listed on there.. Or speak to sam. Hes just reinsured his now non works van as a bike transporter.. Pm him maybe..?

furygan man wrote:

D-Rider wrote:
...... has anybody not done it themselves ?

Duhhh...yes!

yeah me too, never done it, no interest tbh

i like riding bikes, not fiddling with them. And I don't own any tools so even the simplest tasks woudl involve either buying tools or paying someone who knows how to use them!

I've done it loads of times to various bikes. Most of them were straight forward enough. The XT600 was a nuisance though as it shook it's front sprocket loose after less than 100 miles even though I'd used loctite and bent the tab over. Stupid bike that was though.

The Falco is actually quite easy once you get started.

I have never done it myself either but I will be doing it over the bank holiday weekend. I bought a Sealey chain splitter/riveter off ebay so I’ve no excuse now! I hate paying other people to do work on my bike and I actually enjoy taking it apart and fitting new shiny parts.

Kens Falco site has step by step instructions on how to do it and there are some good tutorial videos on Youtube.

My advice - be kind to the splitter by grinding off the heads of the pins first - puts far less stress on the tool