If the gears aren't too badly worn, it should be okay, I would think.
Unfortunately the stock chains don't have a master link. If your chain DOES
have one, then it is an aftermarket chain.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John F
> Sandhoff
> Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 11:31 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Replacing the upper chain (U-20)
>
>
> As a preventative measure, I'd like to replace the upper chain on
> my U-20.
>
> CAVEAT: Piecemeal replacement is of course NOT the proper way
> to do things, but at the $$$$$ to 'do it right', options have become
> limited.
>
> That said, my two questions:
> 1) If I replace just the chain and not the gears, will the used gears
> chew up the new chain? Many times, parts wear in together and
> replacing just one will cause a failure. So am I better off leaving
> things alone?
>
> 2) If putting a new chain onto used gears is OK (and I'm not convinced
> it is), is there a 'master link' and could I pop it, attach the end of the
> new chain to the end of the old chain and carefully 'roll' the new chain
> into the engine without any disassembly?
>
> 3) If so, has anyone actually successfully done it?
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
> 14 days 'til Shasta
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