I can't get pin B back in (though I haven't tried a bit more force)
Pin A seems to be a Pin B with an insertion guide which can be broken off after insertion. This seems to be a 'use once' system and wonder if I am right on that score?
Seems to be an unsatisfactory means of joining chains and ask if this some kind of cheapy connection method
>I can't get pin B back in (though I haven't tried a bit more force)
>Pin A seems to be a Pin B with an insertion guide which can be broken >off after insertion. This seems to be a 'use once' system and wonder >if I am right on that score?
>Seems to be an unsatisfactory means of joining chains and ask if this >some kind of cheapy connection method
Pin B is a used pin that was pushed out with a chainbreaker; both ends appear peened. It should have been discarded before the chain was sold to you. Pin B is a Shimano use-once pin, and yes, you insert it and break it off. Trying to re-use B will likely damage the chain; don't do it.
Although there are premature wear issues with some of them, I prefer to use snaplinks instead of Shimano's pins precisely because they usually can be reused. Since my preferred method of cleaning a chain is to remove it and solvent-wash it in a 2 liter plastic bottle, having to buy a new pin each time seems like an unnecessary waste. The snaplink manufacturers all say that their links work only with specific models of their own chains, but I have enjoyed wide lack of symptoms of any compatibility issues as long as I have kept to the appropriate width of link for the chain. Apparently, there's a great deal more standardization than is admitted.
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> I can't get pin B back in (though I haven't tried a bit more force)
> Pin A seems to be a Pin B with an insertion guide which can be broken > off after insertion. This seems to be a 'use once' system and wonder > if I am right on that score?
> Seems to be an unsatisfactory means of joining chains and ask if this > some kind of cheapy connection method
On May 12, 4:33 am, A Muzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
> Owen wrote: > > Pin A seems to be a Pin B with an insertion guide which can be broken > > off after insertion. > Right on all counts. > Details here:http://www.yellowjersey.org/shcnwarr.html
I have never seen such a connecting pin. How do you break off the stump?
> On May 12, 4:33 am, A Muzi <a...@yellowjersey.org> wrote: >> Owen wrote: >>> Pin A seems to be a Pin B with an insertion guide which can be broken >>> off after insertion. >> Right on all counts. >> Details here:http://www.yellowjersey.org/shcnwarr.html sergio wrote: > I have never seen such a connecting pin. > How do you break off the stump?
Shimano's directions suggest, as in their drawing, a $2 slipjoint pliers. -- Andrew Muzi <www.yellowjersey.org/> Open every day since 1 April, 1971 ** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **
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