Originally Posted by
cyccommute
You are both wrong. You haven't been able to push a pin out and put it back for most chains for many years. SRAM has used a master link on their chains since the advent of 8 speeds. Almost all chains since then have used peened pins which have mushroomed heads to deal with side forces. The days of pushing a pin back in are long gone.
Sorry,but I just proved myself right. Had a few links of SRAM PC1051 laying around. Broke one,then put it back together. Was a bit of a PITA,but then I was using the crappy Wrenchforce chain tool from my kit with the slightly bent pin.