KMC chain+powerlink

mcowan77
mcowan77 Posts: 560
edited May 2010 in Road beginners
just bought a new defy 3 with KMC HG73 chain

looking for advice reg splitting the chain and adding a powerlink?

is this advisable?
any advice much appreciated

cheers

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  • Limburger
    Limburger Posts: 346
    KMC chains come with a quicklink already in them! (Or are supposed to)
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  • mcowan77
    mcowan77 Posts: 560
    cheers mate

    ill have a look right now!!!
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    Shimano makes the HG73 - not KMC - so it's not possible for you to have a KMC HG73 chain.
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    softlad wrote:
    Shimano makes the HG73 - not KMC - so it's not possible for you to have a KMC HG73 chain.

    You did know KMC makes Shimano chains?

    But anyway if it's supplied as a Shimano chain it won't come with a quick link.
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    redddraggon wrote:
    softlad wrote:
    Shimano makes the HG73 - not KMC - so it's not possible for you to have a KMC HG73 chain.

    You did know KMC makes Shimano chains?

    But anyway if it's supplied as a Shimano chain it won't come with a quick link.

    yes, but the point I'm making is - if it's an HG73, it won't say KMC on it.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Are you saying that you want to put a powerlink in a new chain that is ALREADY
    on the bike and working??? If your chain is already up and running on the bike DON'T
    break it just to install a powerlink. That won't serve any purpose other than possibly an easier way to remove it for cleaning. Is that why you want to do this? For cleaning?
    I guess that's the way people clean them nowdays. I haven't taken a chain off a bike, except to replace it, in years.
  • mcowan77
    mcowan77 Posts: 560
    just had a look

    its a shimano HG-73.

    one of the rivets is differnt from the rest, im assuming if i ever have to split the chain thats
    the place i split?...i have a shimano chain tool

    aplologies for the lack of knowledge. the reason i enquired about a power link was for easier cleaning and if the splits when out i thought having a powerlink makes it easier to fix?

    thanks again
  • John.T
    John.T Posts: 3,698
    mcowan77 wrote:
    one of the rivets is differnt from the rest, im assuming if i ever have to split the chain thats
    the place i split?...i have a shimano chain tool
    No. That is the place you do not split it. These pins are a little bigger than the normal ones to provide a firm fit when pressed in. You can split it at any of the other ones and either use a Shimano pin or a quick link to close it again.
    As Dennis says "Why bother until you need to take it off".
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  • boondog
    boondog Posts: 205
    I added powerlinks to mine, makes cleaning/removal easier and isn't difficult to do.
    Use your chaintool to knock out an existing pin, but you may also have to remove another pin, as the removable links attach to the thinner end of the link. (checkout youtube for examples)
    I remove mine when travelling with the bike, and also have a different chain for racing that goes with my other wheels/cassette.

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