Originally Posted by
tsmvengy
Great, thanks. Also if I'm trying to identify the pin that I pushed out before (to replace it with a powerlink) is there anything I should be looking for? Specific damage?
It can be very hard to find, but you're more likely to find it on the side that you pushed the pin to. That's because the side that you pushed through the chain will have the peened lip of the rivet sheered off. Look for a pin that has a bit of a recessed ring around it or who's outer rim looks a bit different.
Note it's a very tiny difference, so if you don't know for sure, leave bad enough alone, but check the chain often running it through your fingers while gently pinching and feeling for a link that seems a bit wider. With luck you'll feel the plate starting to spread before it's gone far enough to fall off and can cut it out and replace with a connector.
I had a friend who was a very aggressive mtn biker who'd break chains regularly. I suggested he take an old credit card and cut a square notch into it that the chain could just pass through. When he runs the chain through the notch spread links snag and rip the card from his hand. Since "carding" his chain regularly, he's found lots of damaged links, but never actually broken a chain riding.