08-10-2014, 02:50 PM
When you grind the pins off the old link and put the new master on, have it around on the rear sprocket to hold it in position while you're working. Attach the end of the new chain to the end of the old with the old master and some tape or wire and thread it around the front sprocket pulling with the old chain. With a good set of calipers, measure the overall width across the new chain side plates and as you press on the new master, keep checking the width until it is the same as the rest of the chain. Dont over- stake the pins on the new master. The new chain specs should give what the diameter of swaged out pins should be......maybe around .010-.012 in. bigger dia than the pin was to start with. Some staking tools have a built in ridge on the mandrel that will stop you before you go too far.