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The Stihl dealer here charges me two and one-half dollars for one rivet and tie strap link. Ever heard of such robbery?

I get the picture....if the rivet is completely frozen, the chain will likely break. On rivets too tight, usually I take a screw driver and stick it in between the tie straps and give it a tap. That usually gives enough play in a tight rivet to put the chain on the bar to run it around without...

The only time I've found a too tight rivet to bugger up anything, or cause the chain to break, was on a very narrow pointed nose bar, where the small radius stressed out the drive link connected to the tight rivet, and the chain broke there. They seem to usually loosen up quickly after a good...

Funny, I have one of those, and have been getting around to using it for like fifteen years. Mounting it on a board and covered with some plexiglas, seems the ticket.

Even if you get the rivet too tight, it loosens up when you put it on the saw and run it around a bit....in theory.