If the chain is for 8 speeds, the problem is very certainly dirt (unless the links or chain are damaged).
FWIW -- you may know this -- you don't need a 8 or 7 or 5 or special ss speed chains on ss's if you use a 3/32" cog; I use 9 speed chains on my fixies because I use Dingles which require a chain this narrow, but these work just as well on singles. Hell, I've used 10 speed chains on 3/32 single cogs too; and I daresay even 11 speed ones would work. On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:53 AM George Schick <[email protected]> wrote: > ... The chain with the problem was a SRAM PC-830, an 8-speed. Normally, > I don't have too much of a problem getting these links to come apart, > usually with a bit of penetrating oil to loosen things up. But over the > years I have noticed that the longer these chain links are left unserviced, > the more difficult it is to get them to separate. The one I was working > with yesterday was on my general purpose utility bike and it had not been > removed or cleaned for quite a number of years. The bike is set up as a > single speed which is why I installed the 8-speed chain on it. The chain > being used on my 9-speed comes apart relatively easy, but then I remove, > clean, and re-lubricate it much more frequently. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgs%2BsAi-QUXui7UAdhqReyraRu%2B_DEF-k5%2BXyZVfQMn5%2BA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
