Chain riveter

[JohnnyP636]

Royal Distributing has one for $40 that looks the same as the MP and eBay ones;

http://www.royaldistributing.com/Cat...l/#/264/zoomed

I got that one and it worked fine for me.

Yes they will work just fine, for a one time or a few time use...Personally I rivet about 10-30 chains a year...And in my experience the cheap ones wear out faster....Thats why I said if your only going to use it once, or a few times then a cheap one is fine...If your going to use it a lot then I suggest investing in a good quality one...

I had a cheap $50 one, the pin used to push pins out started at about 1/2" long...Even thou I always grind the head off the pins before using it to break chains, it still bent and deformed every time I broke a chain...Which required me to grind it down so many times it ended up wearing out completely....Then I have to go buy another one, if you spend $100 or more it should last forever...And also the good quality ones like Motion Pro, parts can be bought separately for them. A lot of the cheap knock offs have no parts available, so instead of being able to buy a replacement pin your forced to buy a whole new tool...

So it really comes down to how much use you expect to get out of the tool.

[Rotten_Ronnie]

Yes they will work just fine, for a one time or a few time use...Personally I rivet about 10-30 chains a year...And in my experience the cheap ones wear out faster....Thats why I said if your only going to use it once, or a few times then a cheap one is fine...If your going to use it a lot then I suggest investing in a good quality one...

I had a cheap $50 one, the pin used to push pins out started at about 1/2" long...Even thou I always grind the head off the pins before using it to break chains, it still bent and deformed every time I broke a chain...Which required me to grind it down so many times it ended up wearing out completely....Then I have to go buy another one, if you spend $100 or more it should last forever...And also the good quality ones like Motion Pro, parts can be bought separately for them. A lot of the cheap knock offs have no parts available, so instead of being able to buy a replacement pin your forced to buy a whole new tool...

So it really comes down to how much use you expect to get out of the tool.

And if you loan it out, they won't line up the pin properly and will bend it like spaghetti. Importation Thibault carries the Motion PRO pins as replacement parts.

I'll probably go the DID route if my Motion PRO ever fails me.

Hey! Tat2! Can I have it back now? :P