What's the trick with quick link

tonkin
tonkin Posts: 67
edited May 2010 in Workshop
I feel useless and out of patience. I have blood raw knuckles. What is a trick or the knack to undo KMC quicklink?

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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Get the link very clean by spraying with wd40. Squeeze the sideplates together at the same time as pushing the rollers together. Quicklink pliers make it a whole lot easier, or you can use a bit of wire coathanger to achieve the same pinching together of the rollers.
  • beancounter
    beancounter Posts: 369
    £10 will solve all your quick link problems:-

    http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=46600

    bc
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  • giant_man
    giant_man Posts: 6,878
    Or learn to do it yourself:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lkqsv056mGk
  • robbiedont
    robbiedont Posts: 89
    squeeze and push. gets easier after a few times :)
  • robbiedont
    robbiedont Posts: 89
    robbiedont wrote:
    squeeze and push. gets easier after a few times :)

    how wrong does that sound!
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    Grab a few extra links either side of the quick link. It gives you something to get holdoff & stops the chain wiggling about as much when you try to split the varmint!

    Practice does make perfect & when you've cracked the technique a sense of achievement & relief are the normal emotions...prior to this moment it'll do your f*****g head in.
  • tonkin
    tonkin Posts: 67
    I joined a new KMC onto new build. In my excitement i forgot to thread it through the FD so i had to undo it. I then rejoined it and then realised i forgot to measure the chain :x There was alot of cursing.

    I think i get that tool.

    Thank you.
  • tonkin
    tonkin Posts: 67
    andy162 wrote:
    Grab a few extra links either side of the quick link. It gives you something to get holdoff & stops the chain wiggling about as much when you try to split the varmint!

    I tried that as well, thought i had it sussed when i did that. The links refused to budge. It might not been helped from being dry chain. 2 thin nosed pliers looked ideal. In the end i used a claw type plier that fitted both ends.

    I just can't carry a big set of pliers with me when i'm out, so i get a smaller tool. Doing it with just hands is a no no for me.
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Try it with a short length of coathanger wire

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