Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Daniel D.]

My experience as well 10 speed wipperman links are easy to work with Sram's 
not so much.  And KMC 9-speed is why I have quicklink pliers.

On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 4:21:02 PM UTC-7, ted wrote:
>
> Another route is to use whipperman chains whose connex quick links are 
> easily worked without a tool. I’ve heard kmc are good too but have not used 
> those. 

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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Patrick Moore]

George: Was this a 10-speed or narrower chain? I have consistently over the
years had no problems releasing SRAM masterlinks with delicate use of my
fingers. KMC and others, problems, yes, but SRAM masterlinks just supinely
fall apart under my hands, even on dirty chains (tho' I do use dry lubes
or, now, wax).

It was only with 10-speed chains that I needed a masterlink pliers, and I
read that 10 speed chains *are not designed to release without pliers,*
unlike 9 and earlier ones.

On Tue, Jun 11, 2019 at 3:38 PM George Schick  wrote:

> This afternoon I struggled to get a easy-link (or whatever SRAM calls it)
> to "release" so I could clean the chain on one of my bikes.  Granted, this
> chain has been in use for quite a few years before I got around to removing
> and cleaning it, but sheesh you'd think it would still come apart
> relatively easily.  Nope, I tried dosing it with TriFlow, then with Liquid
> Wrench, and finally with good old reliable PB Blaster, but none of them
> loosened it up enough to allow the easy link to be squeezed together to the
> point where it would come apart.  I wound up resorting to the use of a
> chain tool to forcefully get it apart.  Anyone have any recommendations of
> either a solvent or a tool that will aid in the removal of these so-called
> easy links?
>
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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[ted]

Another route is to use whipperman chains whose connex quick links are easily 
worked without a tool. I’ve heard kmc are good too but have not used those. 

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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Brewster Fong]

And if you don't like Park, KMC makes a similar tool too:

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On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 2:46:29 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
> Park makes a tool for that.   $16
>
> [image: Park Tool MLP-1 Master Link Pliers]
> On 6/11/19 5:37 PM, George Schick wrote:
>
> This afternoon I struggled to get a easy-link (or whatever SRAM calls it) 
> to "release" so I could clean the chain on one of my bikes.  Granted, this 
> chain has been in use for quite a few years before I got around to removing 
> and cleaning it, but sheesh you'd think it would still come apart 
> relatively easily.  Nope, I tried dosing it with TriFlow, then with Liquid 
> Wrench, and finally with good old reliable PB Blaster, but none of them 
> loosened it up enough to allow the easy link to be squeezed together to the 
> point where it would come apart.  I wound up resorting to the use of a 
> chain tool to forcefully get it apart.  Anyone have any recommendations of 
> either a solvent or a tool that will aid in the removal of these so-called 
> easy links?
>
> -- 
> Steve Palincsar
> Alexandria, Virginia 
> USA
>
>

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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Joe Bunik]

Howdy all,

I've got an extra set of the MLP-1 pliers that I'd forward on for $12
shipped CONUS
https://www.flickr.com/photos/joe_bunik/47938025237/

=- Joe Bunik
Walnut Creek, CA

On 6/11/19, Joe Bernard  wrote:
> That plier thingy is a lifesaver. Don't touch your chain without it.
>
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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Joe Bernard]

That plier thingy is a lifesaver. Don't touch your chain without it. 

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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Bill Lindsay]

And they make a CC-3.2 to check your chain for wear.  If it has really been 
in use for quite a few years, it should be worn out and should be replaced, 
not cleaned. 

Bill Lindsay
El Cerrito, CA

On Tuesday, June 11, 2019 at 2:46:29 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
>
> Park makes a tool for that.   $16
>
> [image: Park Tool MLP-1 Master Link Pliers]
> On 6/11/19 5:37 PM, George Schick wrote:
>
> This afternoon I struggled to get a easy-link (or whatever SRAM calls it) 
> to "release" so I could clean the chain on one of my bikes.  Granted, this 
> chain has been in use for quite a few years before I got around to removing 
> and cleaning it, but sheesh you'd think it would still come apart 
> relatively easily.  Nope, I tried dosing it with TriFlow, then with Liquid 
> Wrench, and finally with good old reliable PB Blaster, but none of them 
> loosened it up enough to allow the easy link to be squeezed together to the 
> point where it would come apart.  I wound up resorting to the use of a 
> chain tool to forcefully get it apart.  Anyone have any recommendations of 
> either a solvent or a tool that will aid in the removal of these so-called 
> easy links?
>
> -- 
> Steve Palincsar
> Alexandria, Virginia 
> USA
>
>

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Re: [RBW] SRAM quick link release, g-r-r-r-r-r

[Steve Palincsar]

Park makes a tool for that.   $16

Park Tool MLP-1 Master Link Pliers

On 6/11/19 5:37 PM, George Schick wrote:
This afternoon I struggled to get a easy-link (or whatever SRAM calls 
it) to "release" so I could clean the chain on one of my bikes. 
 Granted, this chain has been in use for quite a few years before I 
got around to removing and cleaning it, but sheesh you'd think it 
would still come apart relatively easily.  Nope, I tried dosing it 
with TriFlow, then with Liquid Wrench, and finally with good old 
reliable PB Blaster, but none of them loosened it up enough to allow 
the easy link to be squeezed together to the point where it would come 
apart.  I wound up resorting to the use of a chain tool to forcefully 
get it apart.  Anyone have any recommendations of either a solvent or 
a tool that will aid in the removal of these so-called easy links?



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