kid creole Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) hi i've got a problem i just bought a onza/kmc kool chain the 3/32 size , it gets caught on the teeth of the front chainring so instead of going along the chain line it gets draged down or up depending on which direction i turn the pedals , when pedalling forwards it got draged all the way up till it was caught between the chainstay and that locked the pedals completely like i had the brake on and took a bit of the frame off.before this i was using the 1/8 kool chain and had no trouble and have used a shimano 3/32 chain with no troublehope somone can help with a solution cheers i have the cranks and chainring from the holroyd Edited October 19, 2006 by Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eskimo Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Sounds to me like the kool chain is to small for your mtb sprocket. I think that is the trouble your having. Like you said your not having any trouble with the shimano chain as it's long enough to wrap around the sprocket. It seems that your not running single speed?Remmeber that chains are different lengths and widths.Still i'm a little confused to why BOTH kool chains wouldn't run properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid creole Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 sorry i didnt make it clear the 1/8 did work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Buggered chainring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebelistic Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thought I'd ask in here - I have a Kool chain, it came with my bike. It doesn't have a joining link like sram chains, so how do you join the chain?Do you just join it with a chain tool? - I've heard that the links are not very strong if you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Sounds very much like 'chain suck' - which you can get from using a new chain with an old chainring. You could buy a new front chainring which will almost certainly stop it, or just see if it settles down a bit as the chain wears in.Thought I'd ask in here - I have a Kool chain, it came with my bike. It doesn't have a joining link like sram chains, so how do you join the chain?Do you just join it with a chain tool? - I've heard that the links are not very strong if you do that?Yes, you can just use a chain tool. As long as you join it properly it'll be much stronger than a powerlink in a SRAM chain. But I though the Kool chains came with a little BMX split link? Maybe that's just the BMX (wide) ones. Like this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid creole Posted October 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) yeah i was thinking of buying a new chainring , but cant work out how the old one comes off. its a 18 tooth chainring and it screwed onto a thread but theres no were to put a removal tool , is it just a case of taking a saw to it ????also are the threads all a standerd size Edited October 20, 2006 by Alain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 You just wrap a chain whip around the chainring and unscrew it with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I had exactly the same problem, and the way i solved it was buying the right size chainring for the chain, but my problem was more to do with the fact that the other cr was nackered! I know how you feel, just get the same size ring as your chain is, e.g. 1/8 chain with 1/8 chainring. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Either get a 1/8" or a new chainring, there's really nothing you can do about it. Unless you want to find the cause and spend hours with a file.You just wrap a chain whip around the chainring and unscrew it with that. You make it sound so easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 yeah but changing the chain would mean that it wouldnt work with the rear cog/freewheel. So a new chainring would be more worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 How come you didn't just get a 1/8th Kool in the first place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kid creole Posted October 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 How come you didn't just get a 1/8th Kool in the first place? i wish i had done now, basically i heard the 3/32 was stronger becouse the pins dont bend around the thinner teeth of the sprokets and at the time i never thought it would get stuck on the chainring as i had used other 3/32 chains also i use a mech as a tensioner so i thought it would be cool to take the spacers out and put it back how it s supposed to be , anyway moral of the story is " if it aint broke dont fix it " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinJI Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 anyway moral of the story is " if it aint broke dont fix it " AmenYeah, I did make that sound easy but in reality its a bitch to get off, but that's the method, the problem comes with the amount of force you have to put into it!Anyway, it sounds like you're chainring is warn so you're chain doesn't match it (not its width, the spacing between the teeth) so a new chainring would be best really. The reason that the shimano 3/32th chain worked is that it was probably a little stretched too, so was warn to match your warn chainring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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