Using chain tool. Pls help

Disconnecting the chain you can push any pin or only the one that look
different like the rest? All pins are silver one is black.
thanks

bolo wrote:
Disconnecting the chain you can push any pin or only the one that look
different like the rest? All pins are silver one is black.
thanks



Hey Bolo,

I'm assuming that you're dealing with a Shimano chain based on the chain
tool and master (single one that is different) pin. You can replace any
pin on the chain once except the master, which should not be removed.

Hope it helps,

Michael

I'm assuming that you're dealing with a Shimano chain based on the chain
tool and master (single one that is different) pin. You can replace any
pin on the chain once except the master, which should not be removed.

Thanks,
The master? Is taht the black pin?

bolo wrote:
I'm assuming that you're dealing with a Shimano chain based on the chain
tool and master (single one that is different) pin. You can replace any
pin on the chain once except the master, which should not be removed.

Thanks,
The master? Is taht the black pin?


If there is one different pin (typically dark grey or black with a flat
head), then yes, that one is the master.

If there is one different pin (typically dark grey or black with a flat
head), then yes, that one is the master.

Im curious, why do they have a master pin, what reason?

Ken wrote:
If there is one different pin (typically dark grey or black with a flat
head), then yes, that one is the master.

Im curious, why do they have a master pin, what reason?



I believe it has to do with how they are manufactured (and folks can
correct me if I'm wrong). Unless I'm way off base, the chains
themselves are continuously made using pins. When they get broken to
make individual chains, they are put back together via a rivet (the
master pin). I suspect that the rivet is a bugger to get out with a
chain tool and would likely make a mess of things for when you came to
putting the chain back together.