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Old 06-17-09, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Panthers007
The other fun with cages is putting them back in - backwards. Go with the loose balls. 1/4" as stated. Regards a new chain, you likely will also need to get a new cassette/freewheel, too. The old cassette & chain rather "stretched and merged with each others shapes during normal wear. If you just install a new chain, it will likely skip on the old cassette.

Good luck!
Haha, i've done that a few times, you tend not to do it after the first few messups, lol.

Well, luckily the bike wasn't ridden much. It had a thick layer of dust on it when i rescued it from the trash and rode it later that day, and the only reason i'm replacing the chain is because i cleaned everything else, and didn't really feel like putting the time in to clean the chain as well as everything else. But there's very minimal wear. Sugino Crank and Suntour Freewheel is probably why they are still in good shape.
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