Difficulty remove Chain link
Difficulty remove Chain link
Hi, I have a KMC 10 chain on my bike. It has a link which looks like it can be separated, however I can't separate it.
Clean it with degreaser, then try to push the outside links towards the special link, but the special link does not budge.
Very grateful for any help
Clean it with degreaser, then try to push the outside links towards the special link, but the special link does not budge.
Very grateful for any help
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
Try squeezing the side-plates of the link together first, then push the pins in towards each other.
It shouldn't need ant tools to undo, just your fingers.
It shouldn't need ant tools to undo, just your fingers.
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Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
Some power links are very east to push together to separate, and some most definitely are not, especially if you have weak hands as I do. In the the latter case pliers designed for the job make it a doddle.
I use Park Tool Master Link Pliers - MLP1.2
I use Park Tool Master Link Pliers - MLP1.2
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Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
I use the specially designed tool for the job, as referred to above. Makes removing and fitting very easy.
Power to the pedals
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
12 quid for some masterlink pliers - what an extravagance. Just get some snipe nosed pliers from the pound shop and grind a curved indent on the inside of the tips.
'Give me my bike, a bit of sunshine - and a stop-off for a lunchtime pint - and I'm a happy man.' - Reg Baker
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
One technique is to feed the chain onto the outer chainring with one tooth of slack where the quick link is, so that the link is almost perpendicular to the chainring. You can then use any tool, or a handy rock, on the end of the link to push it apart.
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
We presume you have a quicklink style.
There are various makes but if it's a KMC then I use pliers on the diagonal edges.
Some of the other designs though require a different technique.
There are various makes but if it's a KMC then I use pliers on the diagonal edges.
Some of the other designs though require a different technique.
You'll never know if you don't try it.
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
I lost my patience with one of those stupid things when swapping everything over to the new build. After an hour I gave up and cut it off with a dremel.
I'll be trying sram next time.
I'll be trying sram next time.
Bill
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
“Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. But ride.” ~ Eddy Merckx
It's a rich man whos children run to him when his pockets are empty.
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
Absolutely.rfryer wrote:One technique is to feed the chain onto the outer chainring with one tooth of slack where the quick link is, so that the link is almost perpendicular to the chainring. You can then use any tool, or a handy rock, on the end of the link to push it apart.
Easy, simple, quick, foolproof.
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
Perhaps I'm old fashioned, but I prefer to use properly designed tools for my pride and joys.
Power to the pedals
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
CJ had a thread about the method of pulling an extra link onto the chainwheel. He had photographs too.
Simple and easy, and no tools required.
Maybe someone will find the thread and piccies?
Simple and easy, and no tools required.
Maybe someone will find the thread and piccies?
Mick F. Cornwall
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
One tip I picked up which i find sooo handy for removing and replacing the chain, all you need is a thick large paperclip, or a bit of bent spoke or simmilar bit of metal...keeps the chain in place and frees both hands to faf with the link!
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
Also a plastic clip around the chain stay and the arm mech relieves pressure on the chain, enabling easy fitting of the chain.
Power to the pedals
Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
pete75 wrote:12 quid for some masterlink pliers - what an extravagance. Just get some snipe nosed pliers from the pound shop and grind a curved indent on the inside of the tips.
I think Aldi has a master link kit for 2 quid, two nails and a block of wood.
Back on topic, the links wear in, after a few hundred miles of dirty chain,
they come apart easier.
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Re: Difficulty remove Chain link
IME Sram (9-speed) quick links are a pig to undo ...Vantage wrote:I lost my patience with one of those stupid things when swapping everything over to the new build. After an hour I gave up and cut it off with a dremel.
I'll be trying sram next time.
... unless you use the method suggested by rfryer.