Re: dinged chain ring


"Dean A. Stepper" <dstepper@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "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.

Mine was an Alu chain ring. It bent back from *90* deg.. It stayed
functioning until the teeth wore out. However, see above about me being a
genius, heheheh...


Shaun aRe


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