Originally Posted by
Rocky Gravol
I broke my chain last night in two places.
I think it was my fault.
I thought my chain was to long, so I took out a link.
Then I put a some smaller crank rings on it, so I took out another link.
I didn't like it, so put a some larger crank rings back on it,
so I put a link back in.
So that was three times I've taken the chain apart and put back together.
It was only on the third time that I noticed that there was one link different
from all the others.
I thought I read somewhere that once you punch out a pin,
the chain is never the same.
Is this true?
And what did I do wrong?
Nobody ever defines how their chain "broke" in these threads... did a side plate crack? Did a pin pull out of a side plate? What brand/model of chain was it?
With 8-speed and narrower chains, it's not recommended to push a regular pin back in after breaking (in the sense of pushing out a pin on purpose) the chain. Use the special pin(s), or better yet, quick link(s).