Installing chains from Chain Reaction

Recess

Hey,

Has anyone here bought a Shimano 9 speed chain from Chain Reaction (HG53)? The reason I ask is that that chain pin it comes with isn't the normal Shimano Pin you buy in packs - it doesn't have the pointy end that you snap off once it's been fed through the link.

And, the reason I point that out is that every time I try to install a chain with this stubby pin from Chain Reaction - I just blow out the other side of the link - it doesn't go in and out nicely - and I just have to pop out that link, and use a standard Shimano one instead.

Am I doing something disastrously wrong do you think? Or is the Chain reaction pin just unworkable.

Thanks,

John

Recess

Ah, just managed to do it with the pin provided. Sorry for posting such a pointless message.

John

fast as fupp

they sold me one like that once

it was also several links short

ive never bought from them since- they sell dodgy gear :evil:

JohnnyAllez

Sure you havn`t missed the correct joining pin in a little plastic packet in the box? I noticed that there was one of the small pins you mention in the packet when I opened it, it looked to me like it was the remains of the chain having been split off a big roll of chain, the pin is the bit you push out and throw away when you cut a chain. I found the correct joining pin in a tiny packet that had dropped on the floor when I pulled the chain outa the box :?

nicklouse

many OE chains come with a semi pre installed pin that is for machine fitting not hand fitting.