Originally Posted by
sygyzy
So you can't just remove the pin? You have to remove a link and replace it? I guess it's to keep the chain length the same. Would anything bad happen if you just installed the powerlink without removing one? (Slightly longer chain).
Won't work - try it and you'll immediately see why.
The Powerlink is an outside or wide link. You need it to span between two inside or narrow links. If you just pull one pin you'll be trying to link it between an inside and and outside and that just won't work!