View Single Post
Old 06-28-25 | 10:39 AM
  #1  
tiger1964's Avatar
tiger1964
Patina Avoider
Titanium Club Membership
15 Anniversary
 
Joined: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,300
Likes: 1,089
From: Maryland, USA

Bikes: Drysdale/Gitane/Zeus/Masi/Falcon/Palo Alto/Vitus

Chain failed... while off the bike???

This weekend, it's kinda mid-season, and the weather was iffy so I pulled the chains off 4 bikes to clean and re-wax. On one, when I pulled the chain out of the wax, one end was hanging low instead of on the usual "dipping loop". Looking closer, at the end, there were two plates -- but no roller between them? I was able to fish the errant roller out of the wax, but presume the chain is toast. Is this a common failure? The chain is a PC-870, not like it's off-brand, perhaps 1000 miles, unsure how many waxings from new. Maybe I over-agitated when swishing the chain around in the hot wax.
__________________
Larry:1958 Drysdale, 1961 Gitane Gran Sport, 1974 Zeus track, 1988 Masi Gran Corsa, 1974 Falcon, 1980 Palo Alto, 198? Vitus 979. Susan: 1976 Windsor Profesional.



tiger1964 is offline  
Reply