How To Install A Shimano Quick Link. Once installed if you open the link to remove and clean the chain for example you should install a brand new quick link. If I compress the chain by hands the link easily opens and Im a little nervous that the same would happen when Im out on the road.
The video above details the basics with directions provided below too. The question is a common one and for good reason. The Missing Link on chain models X11SL and X11L can not be reused.
Shimanos User Manual has contained the following instructions on how to properly install its quick releases.
But with the new link installed its pivoting properly like a chain link should. Use Shimano original tool TL-CN10 to slide the pins and insert them fi rmly. Shimano says do not re-use Quick Links. Guidelines that require replacement contact the place of purchase or a bicycle dealer.
