[fieldinc]

ok. so i have the chain breaker tool.. and i break the chain.. i did what i needed to do.. so i put the chain back together... but the link that i put back is soooo tight it doesnt flex anymore.... and its a relativitly new chain... am i doing somehting wrong here???


field

 

[bURKeNSTiEN]

on the link that you rejoined, put the chain through the breaker in the opposite direction at the same link.
take up the slack between the breaker pin & chain. once its neat , give the chain tool another 1/4 turn to push that pin back out the other way a bit.

That will free up the link.

Dont do it too much else you will get that link out of alignment, take a little time, practice a bit, you'll get it

cheers

 

[DHRacer]

or there's always the ghetto method I've seen people do - take some needle-nosed pliers... stick one tip through the link you just tightened, and give the pliers a slight twist... then do the same from the other direction (top/bottom)



silly monkies

 

[Serial Midget]

This is what I do... and everytime I do it I wonder if I am compromising the chain... engh, no harm so far.

Originally posted by DHRacer
or there's always the ghetto method I've seen people do - take some needle-nosed pliers... stick one tip through the link you just tightened, and give the pliers a slight twist... then do the same from the other direction (top/bottom)



silly monkies

 

[Evilmunch]

Shimano will tell you that you have to use one of their special replacement pins when reconnecting the chain.

 

[Evilmunch]

ah here it is.

http://www.cambriabike.com/chain&guide/shimano_9_speed_chain_pin.htm

THe same thing happened to me when I cut my first chain but I could never get that one link 100% right until I replaced the pin with one of these guys.

all new shimano chains come with them.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

What I do and it works perfect EVERY time, is if you reuse the regular link pin, afer its reinstalled, grab the chain on both sides of where you reconneceted it, put your thumbs on the tight link and push out the pull in, do that a few times and it will loosen right up.

 

[speedbump]

After you have pushed the pin back in, put the chain over the teeth of your chaintool closest to the pin. Tighten the tool just slightly. Because the outer plate of the chain is no longer backed up against the tool, it can move away from the inner link slightly, thus freeing the link.

Shimano's special pins don't have to be used if you are very careful not to distort the side plates on the chain putting it back together.

 

[ummbikes]

I use the chain tool to hold the completed re-link (backing offf the pin driver) and lightly twist the tool to free up movement in the chain. Key word is lightly I broke a $3 Cyclo tool once and now use a park which I don't want to ruin.

 

[N8 v2.0]

Do yourself a favor and get a SRAM PC-99 chain ($35) and a couple extra quick links...

You don't need a chain tool...

 

[Konabumm]

DUCK TAPE, need i say anymore

 

[RockTumbler]

test

 

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Evilmunch
Shimano will tell you that you have to use one of their special replacement pins when reconnecting the chain.

Yeah, but they're wrong.

 

[Serial Midget]

I just got a Park CT-3 chain tool and played around with an old shimano chain for practice - much easier to operate than the one on my multi-tool and kinky link if used properly. Now if I could only have all my chain breaks happen while the bikes are on the rack...

 

[Renntag]

there are two places in the chain tool to put the chain.
one is to take the chain apart the other will allow you to loosen a tight link.

good luck and ask your LBS.