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Removing chain without chain tool (to install Powerlink)

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Old 06-24-08 | 07:45 PM
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From: Zang's Spur, CO
Originally Posted by colourmeawesome
Okay, so I'm not really sure if this is doable, and forgive the newbieness of this question, but I got my hands on an old 10-speed (the make of which is confusing, but that's not the point, I don't think). I was going to do the Simple Green + Chain in a soda bottle method of cleaning the chain, and I figured that it'd be easier to make the chain come off for future cleaning if I got an SRAM Powerlink.

I don't really feel like getting a chain tool, because I'll more than likely only use it once, if I get the chain off and the Powerlink installed.

I've read all sorts of methods as to how to get a chain off without a chain tool, and since I'll probably be installing the Powerlink, I don't really mind destroying a link.

Anyone have ideas?
I think many people are missing the point that this guy has a *TEN*-speed SRAM chain. The SRAM 10S has a PowerLOCK, not a PowerLINK. The PowerLOCK is not intended to be dis-assembled, but the Park MLP-1 which was mentioned, will do the trick nicely.
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