[email hidden] (Qui si parla Campagnolo) wrote in message
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Quoted message said:anthony-<< at least the one i tried to get off yesterday). nor could any other mech in the shop,
and it is nto a shop devoid of experience. and we tried Everything. including using two people.
Spray them with WD-40, use a needle nose pliers in the center to push the links together and use a
sharpened spoke to pry the post away, to open them. A dirty one can be a challenge.
Could you elaborate? I mean, what exactly are you doing with the sharpened spoke? Im definitely
going to have a run in with these slow-links in the near future, and id like to have all the tricks
up my sleeve. Anyone else?
to clarify, re: other posts
1) i understand that many SRAM links are quite easy and loose. i have three such links on my own
bikes. i have never had to use a tool, or to spend more than 10 seconds, to release them no
matter how dirty, grungy, and caked with muck they were. Its just that the last four ones I dealt
with were *all* ridiculously tight compared to what im used to
2) the particular chain I tried to pry apart- it was new. No dirt. The only thing on it was factory
grease. I installed it, and then realized I needed to replace the derailleur. I tried my usual
trick- holding the chain in a “z” with the quick link in the center, and pushing the
pins together while p[ushing the plates together. No juice. Then I tried again, about 10 times,
and let some other mechs try. No juice(s). then I tried having someone else try to pusht hem
together while I pressed plates together with pliers. Nothing. The link was the correct speed for
the chain, I assume, as it came in the package (pc-48), and was silver colored, (aren’t the
9spd versions gold?)
(siiigh). Maybe ill call SRAM and let them know I’m unimpressed. I could ask them to sell me
some ‘loose’ links.
The whole post was really a wonder about what was the norm. I wonder if these tight links are what
everyone is dealing with, or perhaps it turns out that I was living in a platonic cave of SRAMlinks,
and all my easy friendly previous links were the ‘bad’ batch.
I only tried to take apart one of these tight chains, so technically I don’t know if they will
all prove so difficult. However, im guessing they will, as all of them required me to use the
drivetrain to close the link initially, whereas I would normally just slip them together.
Curious, sorry for the long post about trivial things,
anthony
