forgot to mention that I think it's good to loctite (mild) the pins in the park chain tools- keeps them from unthreading and destroying themselves, but still come out super easy w/ 6mm wrench (or is it 7mm?)
josh
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Mario Bruzzone mario.bruzzone@gmail.com wrote:
With the Park Tools, you can replace just the pins--it's usually much cheaper (and creates less waste!) than buying a whole new tool.
But yes, those are things that break all the time for us as well.
Cheers, Mario Bruzzone Bike Kitchen San Francisco
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 9:53 AM, Sherief sgaber@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
This is Sherief from the Austin Yellowbike, and I was hoping to pool the thinktank's experience with shop tools prone to breakage and the like. We're currently having huge issues keeping up with Chain Tools and Presta Valve pumps especially... it feels like not a week goes by without at least one of each of these tools breaking. W/r/t the chain tools, we recently switched from the nicer Park tools to the cheapest we could get out of the catalog, but with the way those break there's effectively no net savings and even when they are functioning the new cheap ones are no good. We try to make sure people know how to use the tools before they do, etc. But my question(s) today is: Do people have any similar experience out there with broken/breakable tools-- specifically good ways to prevent these breakages? Does anyone have any recommendations for good chain tools /PV pumps that can withstand a bit of overeager volunteerin g?
Best, Sherief
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