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02-16-24 | 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sd5782

Is it frowned on to use a 6 speed quick link on an older chain that is continuously pinned with no link. Putting the chains back together by pressing the pin back in seems like a weak link so to speak. Since we are talking 3/32” inner plate distances are they pretty much the same? Would one measure a pin that was pushed out to confirm that it is the same diameter as the quick link? just wondering.

A 6/7/8 speed link will work with a 6/7/8 speed chain. I bought about 100 of them from AliExpress for my local co-op so that people would quit messing up the chains and, more importantly, the pins on the chain tools. No pin should be pushed back into a chain. ‘Tis a silly practice.

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