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I used vice grips to install the new link. Squeeze it down good.
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well, i put a 4 into 2 exhaust system off of a police bike on my 900. i cannot get the axle bolt out without taking the exhaust off. i was hoping to slip the tire out of the back of the swingarm. to do that, i have to break the chain at the masterlink. i've tried a thin screwdriver, a knife, a bigger screwdriver with a hammer...etc. nothing. do you think the pins have spread due to stretching?
Suppose already tried generously loosening axle bolt, setting chain adjuster stops to loosest possible position, kicking backside of tire toward front to gain maximum chain slack, then attempt to slip chain over sprocket.
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yes sir....first thing i did.arobsum wrote:
well, i put a 4 into 2 exhaust system off of a police bike on my 900. i cannot get the axle bolt out without taking the exhaust off. i was hoping to slip the tire out of the back of the swingarm. to do that, i have to break the chain at the masterlink. i've tried a thin screwdriver, a knife, a bigger screwdriver with a hammer...etc. nothing. do you think the pins have spread due to stretching?
Suppose already tried generously loosening axle bolt, setting chain adjuster stops to loosest possible position, kicking backside of tire toward front to gain maximum chain slack, then attempt to slip chain over sprocket.
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Got a 630 masterlink THREE (3) pack at TSC for $ 3.23 + tax.
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well, i put a 4 into 2 exhaust system off of a police bike on my 900. i cannot get the axle bolt out without taking the exhaust off....
Unfamiliar with the police bike exhaust system, but wondering whether the muffler could be removed from the header pipes on the axle nut side.
Or would it be feasible to just remove one pair of headers?
Have a good easy foolproof technique for reinstalling headers, if you're interested.
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If you can get another masterlink, cutting the clip with a cutoff wheel on a dremel is pretty straight forward if you're careful not to get into the chain.
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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