Joined: Jun 2005
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From: South of Raleigh, North of New Hill, East of Harris Lake, NC
Bikes: Specialized Tarmac, Specialized Roubaix, Giant OCR-C, Specialized Stumpjumper FSR, Stumpjumper Comp, 88 & 92Nishiki Ariel, 87 Centurion Ironman, 92 Paramount, 84 Nishiki Medalist
I re-use Shimano 8 speed pins all the time. In fact, I never buy new pins when I clean those 6-7-8 speed chains. On rare occaisions, I've done the same with 8 speed SRAM chains. I've never had a chain separate due to the pin coming loose. But this only applies to 6-7-8 speed chains. For some reason, 9 and 10 speed chains are not as tolerant.
I've heard of too many horror stories when others did re-used a pin on 9 or 10 speed chains, therefore, I always replace the pin on a Shimano or Campy chain and never pull a pin on a SRAM chain. Don't know what the difference is, but there definetely is one.
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