The Broken Chain Sub Download
Harriet Wehrenberg
I asked her for a diet brown soda and listened to the man a couple tables away who had just received an apology from the manager muse to his indifferent wife, mortified teenage son, and oblivious father in law in the booth with him that he had never heard of Brendan Fraser until this year. His wife quickly changed the subject about the poor level of service they had received, and when the same overwhelmed server came by to drop off my drink and their check, they complained to her and again asked to speak to the manager who reappeared and again apologized, and the server could be heard to remark that it was only her second day on the job, and there were only two servers working that day. The manager seemingly comped their check, as the group left without paying.
In my previous post, I once again violated my oft-broken, self-imposed rule against embedding political commentary in posts on my silly fast food blog. My excuse for breaching my personal code of conduct is that where I come from, the fried chicken industry is inseparable from politics. After all, it was by successfully leading the investment group in the purchase of Kentucky Fried Chicken from Col. Harland Sanders, and turning the operation into a modern, successful fast food concept, that Lexington-area lawyer turned businessman John Y. Brown Jr. was able to parlay his success and name recognition within the Bluegrass State into a successful run for governor in 1979. Furthermore, it is my belief that the fast food fried chicken industry once played a not insignificant part in determining the outcome of a presidential election.
A business which, at some point in its history, had multiple, similarly-functioning, physical locations where a customer could purchase goods and/or services which presently has a significantly diminished presence and/or value as a brand compared to the same brand in its heyday.
Today, there are closer to 22 Ponderosa/Bonanza locations left, but my working definition of a broken chain remains unchanged. I have, however, started throwing around a related term with friends and family that I have not yet used here until now:
Unlike some issues, a broken chain is immediate and obvious. Depending on what you were doing when it snapped, it may fall off into the dirt, wrap around the bottom bracket, or most likely, just hang in place. Either way, get off the trail and find a clean place to work in case any small parts get dropped during the repair.
The first step is to remove the broken link. This is where the chain tool is needed. The tool will have a recess shaped for laying the chain link in, holding the chain firmly while the screw plunger presses the pin out. This step can be performed with the chain still on the bike, or it can be pulled off and laid flat.
When a T-log job runs in CV we will take note of the last Log Sequence number ( LSN ). When the next job runs we check the first LSN to validate we are still backing up t-logs in sequence. If we detect that this chain is broken then we convert the backup to a full as a broken chain results in useless data.
There are a number of reasons the chain can break but the most common is that the DBA team is performing some kind of interactive backups outside of CV resulting in t-logs being cleaned up and breaking the LSN.
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Greetings..broke the top chain on a shore station lift. Has any one else has this happen and how was the replacement? Also the boat is on the lift..I believe when I unwedge the chain the boat is going to crach down. Any thought are appreciated.
Mine broke, but when the boat was already down. Mine was easy to fix; the master link broke. That's probably what's wrong with yours (it's usually the weakest link). You can pick up a new one at most hardware stores.
As for dealing with your boat being up...that's a tough one. I know a friend had his come crashing down once, but I don't think it caused any damage. Is there anyone with a crane on a barge in your area that can lift the boat off? It may cost $100 or so, but could save that much and more potential damage.
Whatever you do, get the boat down before you do anything. The chain is pretty easy to fix, but you'll want to be sure that the replacement chain you use is right for the application. Most lift dealers can fix you up with a corrosion resistant, properly sized chain.
Greetings..I got the old chain out by using a farm jack and some moving straps. I was able to jack the cradle up with this long jack and then suspended the cradle with a couple of moving straps. Once the weight was of the winch I was able to remove the old chain. I carefully lowered the cradle and the boat came off. Now I am waiting for the chain..7 to 10 days. It looks like the master link was broke. The lift sat for a couple years and the chain was bone dry.
One of the bolts were seized on my cr. My chain finally needed to be adjusted so i tried heating it with a propane torch and got it to turn a little before it broke in half.? So, does anyone know how to get a broken bolt out of their swingarm?
I had the same thing happen on my 01 cr 250. Because of the design its hard to get at it with a drill or a easy out. I ended up paying 20 bucks to have my local machine shop drill and helicoil it. Thats much cheaper than a new swing arm, good luck
one of my local bike shops sells a kit to retap the hole and replace the bolt/nut. sorry not sure who makes it. I have had to drill and retap em on a used bike I bought once. like everyone else I now put never seize on em. GL getting em out.
Don't try an Easy out. You'll end up with it broken off in the hole and you'll have to try to remove it before fixing it with one of the above suggestions. If the bolt was siezed bad enough to break off it's too tight for an Easy-Out. And Easy outs are HARD, lotsa fun to drill out.
That's what happened to mine. I worked on it for 2 hours to no avail. I took it to the local dealer and he had no luck either. Last resort would be a machine shop and put it in a lathe and just drill a larger hole.
If your swingarm is similar to my 94 you can remove the little block from the swingarm by removing the screws from the inside of the swingarm and pop the rubber plug up by the pivot and knock out the piece with a long thin bar. Then you can work on it in a vise. The inside end of the bolt is usually long enough to grab with visegrips and a little heat alway worked for me. Then chase the threads with a tap and neversieze it like they're your sponsor.
I started cutting my lawn with a reel mower in May 2014. Before that, I'd used a Neuton battery-powered mower, but the battery life kept diminishing. That, and the plastic handle cracked one day. Why not throw back to how people really used to cut their grass? Thus began my relationship with the original model of the Fiskars 18 Inch Staysharp Max Reel Mower.
Several years into using it, the reel mower became incredibly difficult to push. I found a fellow owner who theorized that removing the grass chute would help. The way it was designed, grass clippings were thrown forward, resulting in mowing the same blades of grass multiple times. When I removed the grass chute, I was instantly thrilled. Instead of being thrown forward, grass clippings now delightfully flew out of the top of the mower, dispersing in the direction of the wind. I felt like a kid pushing one of those toy bubble mowers! So fun. Fiskars likely knew this was a problem, too, since their current model can throw grass forward and through the rear of the blades. It's currently Wirecutter's #2 pick for reel mowers.
Fast-forward to present day, and I had my mower out for the second time of its 7th season of use. The chain had been falling off of the drive wheels fairly often since the prior summer and I really hadn't taken the time to register that it was slackening. There's a spring that's supposed to push down on it to take up slack, but the chain had slackened far too much for that to have any impact. To my dismay, the chain snapped in two when it got caught up on a turn. After sheepishly borrowing my father-in-law's zero-turn mower to finish the job, I set about finding a way to fix my reel mower.
My first go-to resource was Fiskars, but my quick Internet search led me to conclude that they don't sell replacement parts for this mower. Really? A few results later, I found an owner who had replaced the chain and posted some photos about it. "Chain stretch" is a thing, and I was not alone! Knowing that I didn't have any chain or tools, I thought of the next-best option. A local bike shop? Maybe. I emailed John Compton, owner of Main Street Bike Shop here in Trumansburg. I asked how he was, hoping that he was weathering "this nonsense" well (looking at you, pandemic), and asked my question. His response:
I was so grateful for his willingness to tackle the job! Within just a few hours of dropping it off, John emailed me that it was all set to pick up. Phenomenal. I cut the grass yesterday with my renewed mower, with no slack in the chain. It cut like a dream again. Thank you, John! If this happens to you, hit up your local independent bike shop. They might be able to help!
Tori emailed me to let me share their story about the very same issue. They bought their Fiskars StaySharp Max reel mower in 2011 and used it every season since then ... going into 10 years of weekly mowing a rural home lot for 8 months out of the year.
I had chain issues this year; on my 4th mowing the chain slipped off 6 different times and I was beyond frustrated. I didn't really want to spend another $200+ for a new Fiskars so I emailed their warranty dept. explaining that I knew I was not in a warranty period but needed a new chain and possibly a large sprocket because I thought it might be bent. Their response: "Anyone that has a 10 year-old reel mower that has performed faithfully deserves new parts". Seriously! They sent me a new chain, a chain tensioner (something new that mine did not have), and a new large sprocket. I had them 8 days later. Absolutely no cost to me. Fiskars rocks! If you have problems in the future you might want to try their warranty dept. I suspect you will have the same positive experience I had.
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