Chain Wear Measurement With Ruler
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snorri
Legendary Member
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- East coast, up a bit.
See 'Measuring Chain Wear', the second from last section on this link
http://sheldonbrown.com/chains.html
http://sheldonbrown.com/chains.html
uclown2002
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- Harrogate
Hello guys)
I want to know how to measure a chain wear with a simple ruler without any tools. Can you help me?
ffs tightwad. Get yourself a proper tool!
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
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- County Durham
'e's got a proper tool...'tis called a rule.
Smurfy
Naturist Smurf
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+1
And the steel rule method is actually better than a chain gauge:
1. a 12 inch steel rule measures over a larger number of links, and so can more easily detect small amounts of wear
2. a steel rule can measure wear that is other than 0.5%, 0.75%, 1%, or whatever wear increment the makers of the 'proper' instrument think it is useful to measure
3. if you use a 3 foot steel rule, and hang the chain from a peg, the steel rule method is far superior to the 'proper' instrument
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
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- County Durham
shame you can't likey more than once......the old rules are the best rules
Andy_R
Hard of hearing..I said Herd of Herring..oh FFS..
- Location
- County Durham
actually, they aren't. Rules are "covered" by certain BS and ANSI qualifications. Chain wear tools aren't. So your chain wear tool could be telling you that everything is peachy, but your rule could say otherwise.
