Originally Posted by randya
If you're using a chain tool, you need to make sure you don't push the pin ALL the way through the link plate, so you're holding the loose pin in your hand - it's almost impossible to get back in! You want the pin to stay firmly in the link plate, out only just far enough to separate the two links, but no further!!!
yeah, i made that same mistake too. I almost threw my tool through the window trying to get that pin back in. it took me two hours to finesse it back in.