How the hell do I install a Shimano quick link thing???

bungle73
bungle73 Posts: 758
edited May 2016 in MTB workshop & tech
Needed to replace my my chain, so I'm trying to install a new one. It comes with some stupid quick link thing that for the life of me I cannot work out how to put on. I've just spent the past half hour or so trying to Google instructions but I'm still none the wiser! I've got two plates: one with a hole, and the other with two fixed pins. How the hell do I put this on??

You'd think there would be instructions included, but there was zero!

It was much easier and simpler with old joining pins.........

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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Stick the pins through the holes and pull?
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  • philcubed
    philcubed Posts: 260
    http://bike.shimano.com/media/techdocs/ ... 655402.pdf Just googled it. Does seem a lot more complex than it needs to be/ the kmc ones I use!
  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    cooldad wrote:
    Stick the pins through the holes and pull?

    How do I get both pins in the hole though?? Once I put one in the other is two far away to get into the hole!

    I'm on on the verge of just chucking the stupid thing in the bin and using a normal joining pin.
  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    philcubed wrote:
    http://bike.shimano.com/media/techdocs/content/cycle/SI/Dura-Ace/SI_0074A_001/SI-0074A-001_En_v1_m56577569830655402.pdf Just googled it. Does seem a lot more complex than it needs to be/ the kmc ones I use!

    Yeah, I've seen that one; and couldn't make head nor tale of it........
  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    edited May 2016
    What make and speed chain is it?
    Some 7- and 8-speed Shimano chains had the type of link you describe.
    If it's like the one philcubed linked to it looks simple enough to install.

    Nearly all new 9-speed plus chains use the KMC or SRAM type quick link where each plate has a pin and a receiving hole.
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    And that isn't exactly the same as the one I've got. On that one of the pins has a grove at the bottom, but on mine both pins are exactly the same!
    JBA wrote:
    What make and speed chain is it?
    Some 7- and 8-speed Shimano chains had the type of link you describe.

    Nearly all new 9-speed plus chains use the KMC or SRAM type quick link where each plate has a pin and a receiving hole.

    It's an CN-HG40 chain. I have an 8 speed drivetrain.
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Looks crazy. Throw it away and buy a KMC 8 speed quick link on Ebay.
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    cooldad wrote:
    Looks crazy. Throw it away and buy a KMC 8 speed quick link on Ebay.

    I do have a Clarks one that I bought last year that I could put on.
  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    Just had a look at the reviews on Wiggle and it seems a load of people have had trouble with it. I even found an old thread on here with someone with the same problem, but no solution.
  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    I gave up on the supplied link, and slapped the Clarks one on. Much, much easier. On and done within a few seconds.
  • thistle_
    thistle_ Posts: 7,217
    Shimano Instructions wrote:
    Applicable chain : CN-7900 / 7801 / 6600 / 5600
    Those chains all seem to be 10 speed, but HG-40 is for 6/7/8 speed. Is your chain wider than a 10 speed chain?
  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    thistle (MBNW) wrote:
    Shimano Instructions wrote:
    Applicable chain : CN-7900 / 7801 / 6600 / 5600
    Those chains all seem to be 10 speed, but HG-40 is for 6/7/8 speed. Is your chain wider than a 10 speed chain?
    No idea. I've never seen a 10 speed chain. And if it was?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    It's narrower than 7/8 speed.
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    cooldad wrote:
    It's narrower than 7/8 speed.
    I'm not sure how that relates to my problem?
  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,812
    A ten speed link won't work on an 7/8 speed chain as its too narrow....
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  • bungle73
    bungle73 Posts: 758
    The Rookie wrote:
    A ten speed link won't work on an 7/8 speed chain as its too narrow....
    But it came with the chain.........

    And on another note, I read that they are not re-usable! What's the point then? You might as well just use a joining pin!
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Bungle73 wrote:
    The Rookie wrote:
    A ten speed link won't work on an 7/8 speed chain as its too narrow....
    But it came with the chain.........

    And on another note, I read that they are not re-usable! What's the point then? You might as well just use a joining pin!

    Seems like the worst of both worlds then. Think you did the right thing...

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