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Chainring dowel pins

b.bodegravenb.bodegraven Posts: 15
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After many years of neglecticly neglecting them B)... I decided that I am going to find out, one way or the other, what they are and what they're intended for. As a Dutchmen in virtual England, maybe not the right word (pls correct me if I'm wrong). Chainring dowel pins?

I wonder if anybody knows the answer here? Please see pictures.





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  • b.bodegravenb.bodegraven Posts: 15
    By the way; They're made of steel. So probably they serve as a guide to distribute the chain to the other chainring, serving as a fender for the softer aluminium. But who knows for sure. Maybe I am wrong...
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 12,102
    They are there as a shifting aid. They are right next to chain link shaped indents. It isn't a mystery.
  • oxomanoxoman Posts: 11,436
    They also help the chain back on if it drops off and hopefully stops it getting stuck between chainrings.
    Too many bikes according to Mrs O.
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,371
    oxoman said:

    They also help the chain back on if it drops off and hopefully stops it getting stuck between chainrings.

    No, that’s a different thing. Look at the pics.
  • banditvicbanditvic Posts: 542
    They are there to lift the chain onto the top of the next ring.
  • Charlie_CrokerCharlie_Croker Posts: 1,583
    Chainring dowel pins purpose

  • moonshinemoonshine Posts: 1,021
    ^ this photo suggests they assist with the Downshift from outer to inner) Chainring (given the rotation direction of the chainset)
  • First.AspectFirst.Aspect Posts: 12,102
    Um, no?
  • brundonbianchibrundonbianchi Posts: 689
    They are there to stop the chain getting jammed between the ring and the crank if the chain comes off. Hence the position of them in relation to the crank, unless the rings aren’t installed correctly.
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,371
    edited September 2020
    brundonbianchi said:

    They are there to stop the chain getting jammed between the ring and the crank if the chain comes off. Hence the position of them in relation to the crank, unless the rings aren’t installed correctly.

    No, look at the pictures, he's not referring to the pin you refer to.
    NOT
  • lesfirthlesfirth Posts: 1,370
    edited September 2020
    moonshine said:

    ^ this photo suggests they assist with the Downshift from outer to inner) Chainring (given the rotation direction of the chainset)

    Oh no it doesn't! errr maybe it does.
  • b.bodegravenb.bodegraven Posts: 15
    Charlie_Croker said:

    Chainring dowel pins purpose

    Wow!! That makes sense. That must be the right answer to my question. Respect! How do you know that Charlie Croker?! Is this written somewhere? I am in possession of the Dura Ace prospectus of the 7800 group (2004). Back in the days, that was a magazine about the new group. There is nothing in there about these chainring dowel pins. I never knew this and suspected they were uses during routing procedures to secure the chainring.

    Btw: Yes there is confusion in this thread. The mentioned six dowel pins on a single chainring differ from the single pin located under the right cranck which serves to prevent the chain from getting stuck in between the cranck and the chainring if it falls of.
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,371
    Only confusion is with idiots who didn't read the OP or look at the photos.
  • brundonbianchibrundonbianchi Posts: 689
    gethinceri said:

    brundonbianchi said:

    They are there to stop the chain getting jammed between the ring and the crank if the chain comes off. Hence the position of them in relation to the crank, unless the rings aren’t installed correctly.

    No, look at the pictures, he's not referring to the pin you refer to.
    NOT
    Yeah I realised that when I looked at the pictures.
  • b.bodegravenb.bodegraven Posts: 15
    No problem. I should have thought of the confusion with the cranck pin before when I started the thread. It is not completely clear. Probably not all groups have these "chainring dowel pins". Still nobody is offended by my choice of words... Does this mean that these things are named correctly here in English?
  • gethincerigethinceri Posts: 1,371
    No, we all know what you meant, apart from idiots who were incapable of reading words or look at pictures.
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