Installing a shimano 6/7/8 speed chain

[Wester]

I am going to fit a new Shimano chain to my bike and there is something that I am not sure about

Do you need a new pin when you shorten a Shimano chain ? when I opened the package there was only the chain and a power link no pin . Or can you shorten it in the same way as any other chain

Any advice on how to install a Shimano chain

 

[biggs682]

You should be able to shorten as normal and re connect using a quick link

 

[Wester]

You should be able to shorten as normal and re connect using a quick link

Do I have to use the quick link /power link

 

[Ajax Bay]

Do I have to use the quick link /power link

I would. Pushing a pin back in often causes a stiff link whereas using a 'quick link' merits its eponymous description, and is easy.

 

[biggs682]

Do I have to use the quick link /power link

they are easier

 

[Racing roadkill]

Shimano have only very recently started using a Q link, instead of a pin. It will be fine, if you really don’t feel comfortable with a Q link, you can buy pins.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-sta...38502&ptaid=aud-131695477502:pla-128000857982

 

[Wester]

I have joined the chain using the quick link for a test to see how it works before I put the chain on the bike I joined it ok but now I cannot open it again to put it on the bike

Any advice

 

[iluvmybike]

Take the strain off the chain and squeeze the links together and ush from either end

 

[gbb]

I have joined the chain using the quick link for a test to see how it works before I put the chain on the bike I joined it ok but now I cannot open it again to put it on the bike

Any advice

If it' the Shimano link I'm thinking of, you need to bend the chain either side of the link, the quick link side lates will bend, shortening the distance between pins and allow the plate to release....its difficult to explain, easy to do.

 

[Smokin Joe]

If it' the Shimano link I'm thinking of, you need to bend the chain either side of the link, the quick link side lates will bend, shortening the distance between pins and allow the plate to release....its difficult to explain, easy to do.

Unless you're in a hurry