Re: dinged chain ring

Dean A. Stepper wrote:
> "Shaun aRe" <shaun_are@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Jason" <Jason@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> * gabrielle <gabrielle@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>> While I was troubleshooting my RD, I noticed my chain was making a
>>>> click
>> &
>>>> a jump at a certain point on my middle chain ring. Upon closer
>>>> examination, I discovered one of the teeth is bent out of plane
>>>> with the
>>>> rest of the ring.
>>>>
>>>> Take it off & hammer it, or buy a new one? :)
>>>>
>>>> gabrielle, really in the mood for using a hammer.
>>>
>>> Been there done that. Bent a tooth on a rock that I didn't quite
>>> clear as smoothly as I hoped one day and had the same problem you
>>> know have. Being unemployed for the summers at that time I took a pair
>>> of vise
>>> grips and gently tweaked the tooth back into place. Worked like a
>>> charm. The key word though is gently.
>>>
>>> Jason
>>
>> Had a rock bounce up and bend my big ring at 90 deg, about right at
>> the bolt
>> circle. Fixed that with a FBH (AKA 'twatting stick') on a flat slab
>> of stone, finishing off with a vice, pliers and mole grips. Rode it
>> until it wore out as usual - zero problems. Then again though, I'm an
>> impro-fix-it-up-genius, so it wouldn't work for anyone else.
>>
>>
>>
>> Shaun aRe
>>
>>
> I am assuming that it is an aluminum chain ring, if so it will most
> likely break when you try to bending it back.

I bet you it won't. Now if it were glass...

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training


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