+1 on this... putting a vortex chain on a 750 as I write this with the d.i.d tool and done a couple zvx chains as wellKMR 500 tool does all make chains just fine I have used it for many EK ZZZ and ZVX chains
+1 on this... putting a vortex chain on a 750 as I write this with the d.i.d tool and done a couple zvx chains as wellKMR 500 tool does all make chains just fine I have used it for many EK ZZZ and ZVX chains
That's what I'm thinking. If you haven't done a bazillion chains, are you better off with a chain tool made by the same company that made the chain? I would have a try with a DID tool on an EK chain now that I meticulously followed what happened on the last install. I have heard of people over-pressing the rivet though. If all 530 chains are the same width and the master link pins are all the same length, I'd think all of the tools to connect the master link must have the same size and shape holder plates and the rivet pin would also have the same shape.These tools are designed for shops / pro mechanics for the few left . A guy that has done 1xxx chains does not check pin rivet diameter .
That's what I've read. Going for a 6 mm rivet is "only a very little squeezing." The pin is only 5.65 mm in diameter. The tip of the pin is tapered smaller of course but the hole in the plate is 5.65 mm since the pin fits through it. A 6 mm rivet is only peened over the edge of that hole .15 mm! That's as small as I'd want to go and 6 mm is the diameter of the factory pressed rivets (although they use a square die that only peens four corners).the rivet only needs only a very little squeezing to keep the lug for ever at its place.
This is very similar to my EK tool. Regina got one thing correct. They put the handle where the threads wouldn't intersect with the threads of the main screw.by chance and by fault i bought this Regina tool for a 530 D.I.D.