Originally Posted by
JPMacG
LOL... I just watched the Park Tools video on their MLP-1 pliers. My tool was basically the same as the MLP-1. But the video shows a guy gently operating the tool with no effort. In my case I had both hands on the tool, work gloves, and my face was turning red.
If it takes a lot of force, you are doing something wrong.
You just need to squeeze the sideplates a little bit to unlatch the pin head from the plate before the pins will slide toward each other.