chain breaker from Harbor Freight.

**BarelyAWake** · #11 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 03:25 AM

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Originally Posted by bairdco

so there.

lol ya know yer ossum bairdco, and yer right - that is a great breaker for the money

bairdco · #12 (**permalink**) 11-14-2009, 01:09 PM

just an update on this chain breaker. mine came with two different size pins. one big one, one smaller one. the smaller one works on bicycle chains.

BUT, i was at harbor freight the other day, and saw these again, and they still had two pins, but they were both the large size. dunno if it's just cheap china quality control, but all the ones they had were like that.

you'll have to grind the pin down a little to make it work.

it's still a great breaker, it weighs about 2 pounds, you just gotta modify it...

surfer mike · #13 (**permalink**) 11-14-2009, 02:43 PM

i love harbor freight for tools like that.

oh and i've had 5 master links break on me. no it was not user error.
all of them were on bmx bikes. 2 while racing, right when leaving the line it broke.
2 were while riding trail jumps and one was getting ready to jump down a set of stairs.
lucky for me none of them were coaster brakes.

my dad always told me that master links were for people without the correct tool.
he also always told me to use the correct tool for the job.
shortcuts are never a good idea. a master link is a shortcut

i'm off to HF to buy the chain breaker right now. i lost my chain breaker when i moved last.

Dan · #14 (**permalink**) 11-14-2009, 05:20 PM

I passed up buying this thinking it was 2 large! LOL, a yr latter and I am still breaking chains with hammer and nail.

Opps, almost forgot. Love master links. I buy 2 when I need one and have asked for them, for Christmas. hehehehehe, nanananaana.

(sorry, was getting board with the tensioner "discussions")

bairdco · #15 (**permalink**) 11-19-2009, 07:18 PM

like i said before, my breaker came with two different sized pins, but i put a new chain on a bike today, and the smaller one got stuck and i had to pound it out. i grinded the end down a little and it works perfect.

the larger pin fits perfect on the 415 chain my grubee kit came with.

here's a comparison between a cheap, broken 5.99 piece of crap, and the HF.

the pin's in the 415 chain to show how it fits...