How to 'break' this magic link?

[pete99]

Hi,
I had a new powertrain fitted at a shop a while back and would now like to do a 'deep clean' on the chain with it off. I had asked for a magic link to be fitted and this is what I have. The problem I have is that I can't figure out how to remove it to get the chain off. I'd appreciate some advice. This is the current, disgusting state of my chain, which I'm truly ashamed of!

There must be a simple solution but it escapes me! Thanks!

Pete

 

[ColinJ]

Use your home-made magic link removal tool?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Stand and swear at it whilst pinching the chain from either side of the link.

 

[13 rider]

I used this quick link once never again it took me that long to put it on I never bothered to attempt to take it off so best of luck . Can't you just cleaned the chain throughly while it's on the bike . I never taken the chain off to clean it

 

[Supersuperleeds]

My chains never look that clean even after I've cleaned them

 

[Cuchilo]

You gotta say the magic words silly

 

[ColinJ]

You gotta say the magic words silly

And those are "Just ******* come apart, you ****!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

[pete99]

Thanks for all the humorous replies to my first post. I think I 'get' that magic links aren't really magic. And that having a laugh at newbies is fine... I'm just soooo sensitive!

FWIW, I found this youtube which appears to be the same as my link: https://goo.gl/a725Vc. The solution seems to be 'bend the chain towards you to fit' and therefore, I'm assuming, bend it away from you to remove.

 

[Smokin Joe]

A "Deep clean" is a waste of time. White spirit and a paintbrush will do just as good a job and save a lot of hassle.

 

[cyberknight]

i find chain cleaning tools do a good job without taking the chain off

 

[13 rider]

Thanks for all the humorous replies to my first post. I think I 'get' that magic links aren't really magic. And that having a laugh at newbies is fine... I'm just soooo sensitive!

FWIW, I found this youtube which appears to be the same as my link: https://goo.gl/a725Vc. The solution seems to be 'bend the chain towards you to fit' and therefore, I'm assuming, bend it away from you to remove.

I wish I'd seen that before I struggled to put it on . Yes I presume you can just reverse the process

 

[gbb]

Thanks for all the humorous replies to my first post. I think I 'get' that magic links aren't really magic. And that having a laugh at newbies is fine... I'm just soooo sensitive!

FWIW, I found this youtube which appears to be the same as my link: https://goo.gl/a725Vc. The solution seems to be 'bend the chain towards you to fit' and therefore, I'm assuming, bend it away from you to remove.

No, you still bend the chain towards you to fit it. In doing so you're bringing the two pins closer together, then the side plate goes on, release the chain and the pins swing back out, locking themselves into the plate.

Once you've done it, it's a piece of cake.

 

[Andrew1971]

Hi @pete99
When you mean deep clean is that strip clean then rebuild if so put a new chain on.
That's what i do when my bike's get that dirty. That gear cable look's old. How many gear's 10,12 just curious.
Andrew

 

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 4761979, member: 9609"]you made a nice job of narrowing the pliers, do it by eye on a grinder or ?[/QUOTE]
I filed them by hand. I don't even own a vice so it was a bit harder than it should have been. Fortunately, the pliers were very cheap and nasty so the metal was not very hard!

 

[Shaun]

This seems like a nice, simple method for undoing them:

View: https://youtu.be/z4aHi7jxY2I