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Originally Posted by Tim88
I would advise to cut the old chain off (if its knackered) with your Dremel and a cutting disc, just cut through the links. Fit new DID zvmx gold chain using genuine DiD tool. I didn't do this of course because it was my first time, as it were. I trusted some nonsense on YouTube that suggested that you could push the pins out with a chain tool without first grinding off the rivet heads. You can't, you just break the pin on the tool. I did this half deliberately as an experiment. I was using a £20 Chinese DID style tool and pin. I had also bought a genuine DID pin for £30 which you need anyway in order to form the rivet heads properly, so I still have a functional tool (for half the price of the real thing, and it's the pin that counts , rest of the tool is identical to the DID original) which can push out pre-ground pins and form the heads properly. Or just get the shop to do it.
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Funnily enough i went through exactly the same errors on fitting first chain.
Cut through with grinder and genuine DID tool for the win. It made neat mushroom heads on joining rivets.