Chain Breaking: Shimano Hyperglide
01-02-10, 06:41 PM
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It doesn't matter. You can separate the chain anywhere. What does matter is that you must push out one of the "ordinary" pins, not the special joining pin, and that you remove that pin completely. Then you must replace it with the special pin or a suitable master link.
01-02-10, 06:58 PM
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It doesn't matter. You can separate the chain anywhere. What does matter is that you must push out one of the "ordinary" pins, not the special joining pin, and that you remove that pin completely. Then you must replace it with the special pin or a suitable master link.
01-02-10, 10:53 PM
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Your HG chain doesn't have a master link. What Hillie is saying is that you would pop out two adjacent pins on an "outer" link and replace this entire link with a SRAM master link or similar.
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01-03-10, 04:30 PM
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If you have an 8 or 9sp. push out two pins and install a Sram masterlink. For a 10 go with the Wipperman or KMC.
01-03-10, 09:33 PM
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Check your chain. New Treks come with a KMC Missing Link on their Shimano ( KMC ) chains.
https://www.ebikestop.com/chain_chain..._pins))455.php
If you're using pins:
https://bike.shimano.com/media/techdo...9830682232.pdf
https://www.ebikestop.com/chain_chain..._pins))455.php
If you're using pins:
https://bike.shimano.com/media/techdo...9830682232.pdf
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