How to use motion pro chain tool

I am going to get the replacement parts and give it another shot Response to Broke it In order to prevent problems like this please use our new instruction sheet located on the Tech page. Tool works fine This tool works great as long as you know how to use it. I am a parts manager at a large motorcycle dealer and this is the one we sell.

The only time that I've seen this tool break is during misuse. I always explain exactly how to properly use the tool to my customers, and I have never had one come back with a complaint. However, if you don't know what you are doing, you will break it. Awesome Tool This tool is awesome.

I used it to change the chain on my Tuono, which was the first time I have ever changed a chain by myself. I found the directions to be thorough and very easy to follow. I am extremely happy with my purchase. Senior Technician I have owned my motion pro chain tool for a year now. I work for a multi line dealer, I use the tool all the time and i have never had a problem with it, but then again I do read instructions first and i know how to use my tools.

We share the kit and ended up with broken pins. The pins broke due to user error. The reason the pins broke: in the 6 months in between uses we didn't reread the instructions and forgot to grind the rivet. Our bad. When used per instructions it works great. Hell, you can even use it to press larger rivets than it's designed to remove. Please, read the instructions. Know your bike. Know your chain. Great Tool! This tool has been outstanding! I've used four times so to install chains on varies motorcycles and it has been great.

I've used it on three chains and a chain. Each use of the tool included breaking the old chain and then riveting the new one. One of the pins did break when I loan the tool out to a friend who rushed the job and broke it. He didn't grind the old rivet head off the chain before trying to press the rivet out of the old chain. User The pin on the tool might be binding. Put some oil on the end of it before using it. The harder you twist to try and drive out the stubborn chain pins, the more binding pressure on the tool pin before Went to Wyotech motorcycle tech school and they told us to always grind the pin heads off-unless you don't have access to a grinder at the track or other this should be done.

Most of the time the reason I see one break is the tool was not lined up straight or head was not ground off rivet. Make sure you are lined up on the pin and don't catch an edge of the masterlink. Some guys at the track I see using it use the wrong size push pin and break them on the heavier chains. If you inspect the ends of the push pins after multiple uses sometimes the ends flare a little.

In this case just file the edge down a little to maintain the correct diameter. This also causes the edge to catch if not checked. Just got a new heavy duty breaker and like it even more. What many people don't know is that on many bikes, the marks on the swingarm may not be even accurate due to manufacturing tolerances, and by using them you can unintentionally misalign your wheel, causing a variety of problems.

If you have a look around, you will see many different ways of measuring wheel alignment, from simple and inexpensive, to crazily complex and wallet-emptying. However, there is one simple fact that you need to take into consideration before you go too crazy with some of the solutions out there. This is the reality you only have two adjustments for your rear wheel, the left and right adjusters on the swingarm.

That's the only thing you can change. So using lasers to align the rear wheel to the front, or long reference rods to measure one side against the other is a waste of time and money. Now, we have to make an assumption here, and I hope this holds true with every bike out there. If the manufacturer who made your bike did their job correctly, the countershaft, swingarm pivot and rear axle are all in the same plane, and the countershaft and rear sprockets are perpendicular to the shafts they are mounted on.

If this is the case, all we have to do to achieve proper wheel alignment is to make sure that the rear sprocket is in line with the run of the chain. This is where the Motion Pro Chain Alignment tool comes in handy. You simply clamp the tool body to your rear sprocket, and look down the indicator, which will clearly show whether your sprocket is in line with the chain.

If not, make the proper changes to your adjusters, and tighten up the axle.