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Removing chain links
gt0733:
it might help to put the fixed handle in a vice so then you can drape the chain over the tool. i've found this particular tool to be a little bit small and fiddly but still does the job.
make sure the push pin lines up spot on with the chain pin or you'll end up bending the link :coolsmiley:
Haro82:
I've got one of them from Halfords and it works OK. Just turn it quite hard.
highrisedrifter:
--- Quote from: SteveG on May 18, 2007, 07:28 PM ---Not sure what the bolt on the left hand side does, my one has just got a hole. Might be worth taking it out unless it is hollow. Put the chain in up against the step on the left hand side. Make sure the pushing pin is lined up really well with the pin you want to take out. It will take quite a lot to start the pin moving but once it does it will go easily. If you stop pushing the pin just before it pops out on the floor you can use it to rejoin the chain if you need to.
Makes perfect sense to me, but I just wrote it so ask again if you don't. ;)
Hope it works
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Tried what you suggested and it popped out. I removed the black bolt on the left first to create the hole for the pin to go into and it slid out fairly easily.
Thanks for the help everyone, it took a lot of buggering about with it trying to work out which way up it went and which way it faced but after the help here it went through smoothly.
I should now have some pics up of my next build before the end of the weekend hopefully, if I can find the blue pedals.
Thanks all
HRD
SteveG:
Cool, glad you did it. I still don't know what the bolt is for. Maybee its something to do with reconnecting a a chain thats already been split. Thats a pain as the link often goes tight and you have to push the pin around a bit to loosen it off.
HUTCHMAN:
if after pressing the pin back in and the link is tight(normally will be),use the "teeth"on the right of the two sets.Place the chain over the tool as if removing a pin,then wind the handle a tiny amount,just enough to slacken the joint.
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