Originally Posted by
KerryIrons
You left out the key information: how many speeds? Generally 8 speed or less don't need a quick link and proper use of a chain tool will allow you to press the pin back in. If the chain didn't have a quick link originally, then it must have been assembled by just pushing in the pin.
It is a ten speed. There was no link, I pushed out the pin far enough to separate the link.
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