12-05-13, 08:54 PM
(12-05-13, 07:35 PM)humbucker88 link Wrote: The two links are completely stuck, any tricks or tips to unfusing them?
You have bent a side plate/s if you look chain very carefully you should be able to see where, it is possible to straighten it/them but only if the deflection is small. You do his by laying the chain on a hard flat surface insert a quality small flat bladed screw driver (or similar) that is big enough so as not to go though a good link. Insert it into the damaged link gently and slowly tap the the driver in just enough to straighten the link, you must not over do it or flex the link to much especially near the link pin.
I STRESS this point this will only work where the damage is slight, if there is any damage to the link pin or the plates are really bent it WILL NOT work and the chain must be binned. Chances are it's shot but I've rescued one or two this way in the past and they've gone on to function in the normal way.
If you have any doubt BIN it and like unfazed says consider changing the guides while our there.
Later