Can I use a 'wonder link' from a different model chain?
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I bought one, too. It's a Pedro's that I paid $9.99 for. Now I need to find a less expensive resource for the links themselves. Damned progress...rather than just making things better, they always find ways to keep you paying!
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I made my own quick-link remover tool from a super cheap ("Anything in this bin $1") pair of needle-nose pliers. I filed the sides of the jaw tips thin enough to fit between the chain's side plates and then used a rat-tail file to make a shallow groove across the jaws about 1/4" from the ends. I slip the jaws into the chain and catch the quick-link's ends in the grooves just like the commercial pliers.
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Most of them are re-usable now. I've been re-using mine.
Components - Drive Train - Chains - Chain Links - Page 1 - Niagara Cycle
may be the cheapest source.
Components - Drive Train - Chains - Chain Links - Page 1 - Niagara Cycle
may be the cheapest source.
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I tried a SRAM Powerlink on two different Shimano chains (HG50 and HG71) and couldn't get it to even go on. It was my first attempt using them so it could be user error. (I doubt it though).
I have no problem with Shimano's non-reusable pins. A pack of 3 is only a few bucks and I always keep a few packs of them around, plus a few in each bike bag. I don't remove my chain to clean it so I guess that's why it works for me.
I have no problem with Shimano's non-reusable pins. A pack of 3 is only a few bucks and I always keep a few packs of them around, plus a few in each bike bag. I don't remove my chain to clean it so I guess that's why it works for me.
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Most of them are re-usable now. I've been re-using mine.
Components - Drive Train - Chains - Chain Links - Page 1 - Niagara Cycle
may be the cheapest source.
Components - Drive Train - Chains - Chain Links - Page 1 - Niagara Cycle
may be the cheapest source.
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But to get back to the original question: Yes you should be able to get a master link from another vendor on a Shimano or other chain without a problem. Assuming that the master link is meant for that type of chain. I successfully used a Wippermann connex on a Shimano chain several years ago.
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NB: " speeds" Generally means Width.. since more, in a standard width frame, requires every thing be a bit narrower.
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I've tried installing one of the connecting pins that come with the Shimano chain in the past. I ended up breaking the chain not much later on (one side of the link came off of the pin. I used a Park chain tool so maybe that shouldn't be used for that purpose? Who knows... This is a big reason I don't like Shimano (and any 9, 10 or 11 spd chain w/o a master link) in general
If you want to feel really alienated, Campagnolo chains are wonderful.
Anyway, my point was more that you don't need a master link until you need to break the chain again, which even for the most obsessive cleaner, shouldn't be sooner than a few weeks. I'd rather join the chain, and use the pin, than have it sitting around looking pretty (though I did know one mechanic who insisted they made fairly good pellets for a bb/pellet gun).
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