Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - busted my park chain whip

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naisme
08-23-03, 11:31 AM
I didn't thingk it could happen, I was changing the gears on a Surly the other day, and couldn't budge the 17t cog, so I laid into it, and the damn bolt that holds the chain on the handle busted. I found the nut, but not the rest of the bolt another reason to wear safety glasses. That would have been a story.

roadfix
08-23-03, 12:56 PM
....not good....
1oldRoadie
08-23-03, 02:15 PM
you twisted the WRONG way!!!!!!!!

Chi
08-23-03, 03:00 PM
Dunno if Park does their warranty the same as Crapsman and Scrap-On ... can you take it into a shop and have them warranty it?
Rev.Chuck
08-23-03, 03:15 PM
We broke them all the time in the six speed and freewheel days. Just get a new little bolt and stick it back together.
Kev
08-23-03, 04:45 PM
You have to figure a chain brakes now and then so why not a chain whip it only seems logical. Nothing lasts forever.
jasonyates
08-23-03, 09:50 PM
I don't know if anyone else has this problem, but the chainwhip that I have doesn't seem to fit onto a cog normally?? I set it on the teeth, but when I wrap it around it gets too tight like it won't fit. I know normal chains fit around the cog, and this thing looks like a normal chain, but.... Is that supposed to be like that??

-Jason
roadfix
08-24-03, 12:48 AM
....maybe you're trying to wrap a 3/32" chain around an 1/8" cog?? What kind of a chain whip you do have?
Track lover
08-25-03, 08:12 PM
I always make myself my chainwips. It cost me nada and if it breaks, I don't cry. A Park tool wip is a rip off. Now, just keep that chainwip and fix a piece of chain to the handle...