04-26-2010, 08:42 PM
The procedure should be very similar to that for installing the slack adjusting chain between the brake cylinder and the actuating rod (perhaps even eaiser, as the links are bigger on the tender truck chains):
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Did you take the chains off the pins or the pins out of the tender's frame? Either way, you'll need lots of light, good eyesight (I use an Opti-Visor), and a good quality pair of tweezers.
Replacing the pins should be straightforward, if somewhat tedious.
I've found that the best way to get the chain onto a pin or wire is to allow it to hang, preferably over the edge of something so that only the last few links are dangling free - this decreases the amount that it can swing out of the way of the pin which you're attempting to insert into the last link. Two tweezers may increase your chances - one to hold the pin and insert it, the other to grasp the end of the pin and draw it completely into the link. A d... (that's much less than a drop)
of ca should secure it so that you can work on the others without the finished ones coming apart. (To get a d... place a drop of ca on a piece of glass or metal, then wet the tip of an X-Acto #11 blade in the drop - the amount should be barely noticeable - and touch it momentarily to the pin/chain link). Simply repeat seven times, and you're done! 
Wayne
Did you take the chains off the pins or the pins out of the tender's frame? Either way, you'll need lots of light, good eyesight (I use an Opti-Visor), and a good quality pair of tweezers.
Replacing the pins should be straightforward, if somewhat tedious.
I've found that the best way to get the chain onto a pin or wire is to allow it to hang, preferably over the edge of something so that only the last few links are dangling free - this decreases the amount that it can swing out of the way of the pin which you're attempting to insert into the last link. Two tweezers may increase your chances - one to hold the pin and insert it, the other to grasp the end of the pin and draw it completely into the link. A d... (that's much less than a drop)
of ca should secure it so that you can work on the others without the finished ones coming apart. (To get a d... place a drop of ca on a piece of glass or metal, then wet the tip of an X-Acto #11 blade in the drop - the amount should be barely noticeable - and touch it momentarily to the pin/chain link). Simply repeat seven times, and you're done! Wayne