Bicycle Mechanics - Unbreakable Chain

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alessandro!
08-05-09, 12:23 AM
Hey there!

I have a KMC-8 Speed chain on one of my bikes, unfortunately I just don't manage to break it.
It has one of those early chain-connecters, the ones that you're supposed to open with pliers.

So is there any other way to break or cut it?

Thanks!

Alessandro

Rotten Pears
08-05-09, 01:29 AM
Well I sure hope you've tried pliers.
Silly suggestion, I know.
alessandro!
08-05-09, 03:02 AM
Yes I have, with all the power I could.

It didn't move at all...

Panthers007
08-05-09, 05:09 AM
Bolt-cutters will handily remove it. Just don't ask us how to put it back on. :eek: :D
Homebrew01
08-05-09, 05:15 AM
I would think a regular chain tool would work on one of the other links. I've used and old school $5 Rivoli on my 8-speed chain.
alessandro!
08-05-09, 03:35 PM
Doesn't seem to work with a regular tool on the other bolts, they are just stuck!
jco1385
08-05-09, 03:38 PM
if you don't plan to re-use it, why not break out the dremel or even an angle grinder and cut it off?
geo8rge
08-05-09, 03:46 PM
post a picture maybe someone has seen it before. Insert a screw driver in the clip and twist, or am I thinking of something else
clm
08-05-09, 04:06 PM
You could try a torch or P'Blaster to loosen things up.
J B Bell
08-05-09, 05:08 PM
Yeah, if it's not a precious family heirloom, bolt cutters.
Shimagnolo
08-05-09, 05:23 PM
if you don't plan to re-use it, why not break out the dremel or even an angle grinder and cut it off?

Uh, oh!
Look out Panthers!
The "dremel-heads" are back!:roflmao2:
dschwarz
08-05-09, 06:08 PM
"Blue light rain, whoa, unbroken chain
Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane
Listening for the secret, searching for the sound
But I could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds"

- Grateful Dead, 'Unbroken Chain (http://www.whitegum.com/introjs.htm?/songfile/UNBROKEN.HTM)'. Sorry, couldn't resist :D
estabro
08-05-09, 06:15 PM
Plasma torch, ninja sword, angle grinder.

Or standard chain tool.