How to Fix a Broken Bicycle Chain

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    Video contents:
    00:28 Tools Needed
    00:46 Tight Link
    01:25 Broken Chain - Master Link
    02:48 Broken Chain - Connecting Rivet
    03:41 Broken Chain - Reusing a Rivet
    04:27 Twisted Chain
    05:22 Single Speed Conversion
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    • Connecting Rivet or Master Link
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  • @isaacmac1395
    @isaacmac1395 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The close up diagram videos within this tutorial made it better than any of the others Ive watched. Great editing

  • @Imotepth
    @Imotepth 2 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    got around 17 years old bike, up to 10.000 km on it, chain never broke, still the original one... :) but one never knows, thanks for detailed instructions

    • @sebastians_soul
      @sebastians_soul ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2 years old "mountain bike" original chain just broke

    • @fender1000100
      @fender1000100 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It's all about luck. One bike could go 20 years. Another won't go 2 weeks.

    • @vladimiripotzky5392
      @vladimiripotzky5392 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fender1000100 yes my comrade. My new chain broke in 3 days because of bad tuning!

    • @fender1000100
      @fender1000100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@vladimiripotzky5392
      Right. I went a year without a puncture. Then one morning I'm riding up a country lane in compete darkness. And I hit one pothole and got a flat.

    • @MountainBikeMusings
      @MountainBikeMusings ปีที่แล้ว

      On mountain bikes dirt ruins and crappy maintenance ruin chains

  • @RenAigu
    @RenAigu ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Small tip to always have a master link on you: they've usually got convenient holes in them a keyring fits through, so take the ones from your old chain, when you are replacing it anyway, and put the two pieces around your keyring. If you ride with a lock, put it around the keyring for your bike lock, if you don't, use the keyring with your house keys you take on your ride anyway. In my experience (only 2x luckily) a broken chain tends to snap on the master link anyway, so that's your fix done. Still carry a chain rivet tool though. The holes in the master links might wear out a little bit on your keyring, but it's a temporary fix anyway.

  • @robinwentworth9387
    @robinwentworth9387 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Loved the no nonsense description of how to deal issues regarding bike chains. Simple to understand and the close up graphics show exactly how to carry out repairs. Thank You!

  • @dinnae
    @dinnae 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Super helpful, and great camera work. Thanks a lot!

    • @milodfamous6276
      @milodfamous6276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Parktool are the best in business i'm so glad they exist*

  • @mshultz748
    @mshultz748 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I very much like this video. Whoever does the extra views in this video, my hat is off to you. There are NO left out information on this video. I appreciate you guys for your help and or instructions. Keep your idea going. I am your Biggest Fan already.

  • @klassenw
    @klassenw 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By far and away the clearest video on chain repair. Thx!

  • @saartje6507
    @saartje6507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched your video when chain had snapped enroute cycle camping in the North of Scotland. Fantastically helpful. Thank you so much

  • @CandidZulu
    @CandidZulu 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks, this was helpful. Park Tools are really well made! However, I have never had a chain brake or be damaged so much I can't use it in decades of riding. Only once, and it was my own fault not installing it right. Chains are really strong!

  • @PetervandaRita
    @PetervandaRita 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Man! Best. Chain. Video. Ever. This covers really everything. Thanks a Million!

  • @shawneedog1
    @shawneedog1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Parktool videos are so good. Thanks for all the hard work

  • @zbynekcodykolacek
    @zbynekcodykolacek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As always..., very valuable few minutes to learn. Thnx

  • @TheKlaftboy89
    @TheKlaftboy89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Thankyou so much, no other video explained that you could use the back brake and put pressure on the pedal trick. I spent hours trying different tools and it would have taken me less than two minutes if i saw this first.

    • @dennishermey5873
      @dennishermey5873 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I've got a memory issue lol I landed a pretty nice kids gf tyro and it came with no chain so I don't have it to measure measure where to break my chain. I know there's a combination of gears that you can use for measuring but for the life of me I can't remember the gear setting. Is it the biggest chain ring and the smallest sprocket on the cassette?

    • @crabtrap
      @crabtrap ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dennishermey5873 if its a geared bike; put chain on biggest front and biggest rear. your derailuar cage should be pulling forward a bit, you want it to have 'some' spring travel left in that big/big gear combo. after that; mark the chain links to be removed and youre done

  • @Na-Vse-Ruki-Master-1872
    @Na-Vse-Ruki-Master-1872 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video - like all the instructions from Park tool. Great instructions, great tools, great company. Park Tools rocks !

  • @sebastianramirez9402
    @sebastianramirez9402 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much. This is the only video that showed me the correct way to add the chain. Now I can bike around again

  • @thexitto
    @thexitto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great great video! Very easy to understand and very useful to know!
    Keep the good work!

  • @ScottMacLeodCompany
    @ScottMacLeodCompany 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I fixed my chain with your video. Thank you.👍

  • @PublicComment
    @PublicComment 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really useful video with clears demonstrations !

  • @alfred1925
    @alfred1925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a great tutorial video, everything covered with no waffle.

  • @145782hak
    @145782hak 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I really have to say, Thank You! I just happened to choose a random video (your video) to show my 7yo. daughter how to do her own search & learn to fix new things by herself. She loves the bikes/dirt bikes etc., so I thought, this video will do, & do it did! Now myself, I'm a fix it all kinda guy, so I already know how to do all that... (No, I do not know everything, AT ALL! No one does! That just sounded bad! lol I get paid to figure out & fix pretty much anything & everything that's thrown at me...) Sorry, I digress, back to my original point... Well done, great video! It was shot very well, well thought out, to the point, clean/clear, easy to follow! You went over things that I definitely would have forgotten to teach her! So, Again, Thank You & God Bless! Safe & Happy Riding!

    • @G-Man.God_Guns_Guitars
      @G-Man.God_Guns_Guitars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Awww... WHAT AN AWESOME DAD! BIG-OL-HUGE credit where BIG-OL-HUGE credit is due! First you took the time and made the effort not push your little girl aside and tell her what to do, YOU ACTUALLY DID IT WITH HER! Then you were kind enough to take the time and made the effort to thank someone for their good work! I'd hire you in a second to do any work around my joint... YOU'RE A RARE BREED THESE DAYS MY FRIEND, YOUR LITTLE GIRL HAS A GREAT DADDY!
      God bless and take care...

  • @tudorsavescu2329
    @tudorsavescu2329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is pure gold man ...

  • @NameNik223
    @NameNik223 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What an amazing video! It helped a lot

  • @willcarter9712
    @willcarter9712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was very informative! Thanks for uploading! Much better than some guy in his garage who doesn't know what the hell he's talking about.

  • @lucianonarno1408
    @lucianonarno1408 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video! I've never broken a chain while riding. I've done like 3500 km in total so far in my life. I carry spares, pump and some other bits but I don't usually carry a chain tool.

  • @insanity4232
    @insanity4232 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Finally I got right advice. Thanks for the video mate 👍

  • @leftyseel8658
    @leftyseel8658 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this vid! This may come in handy someday.

  • @AnonymousCuIIen
    @AnonymousCuIIen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've been getting back into cycling after many years out. Really appreciate these videos.

  • @scoss2
    @scoss2 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video detailing how to swap these links out.

  • @anasabdulsamei6552
    @anasabdulsamei6552 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    most helpful and well explained video out there

  • @idamelin
    @idamelin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video. So well done!!!!

  • @scottchisholm5603
    @scottchisholm5603 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. Much appreciated.

  • @adonisastronomo9329
    @adonisastronomo9329 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    thank you ever so much ben and park tool. more power...stay safe

  • @juraijbinjamal5313
    @juraijbinjamal5313 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I luuuuuuuuv ParkTool 💚💛💙

  • @tony7132901
    @tony7132901 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow thanks a lot for making this video 🙌🥇

  • @alpeshbaj
    @alpeshbaj 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    very very helpful video ... BIG Thanks

  • @robertfindley921
    @robertfindley921 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice explanation!

  • @AjayLulia
    @AjayLulia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative video. Thanks for sharing detailed video.

  • @alanthomas8407
    @alanthomas8407 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks, so well explained, pics and video is excellent, well done.

  • @mikeymarmalade
    @mikeymarmalade 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks very helpful. I have the tools arroving tomorrow with new links.

  • @gerionmarkaj7080
    @gerionmarkaj7080 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    very simple thank you.

  • @billymog
    @billymog 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful.... Thanks

  • @TanveerAhmed-gl5jk
    @TanveerAhmed-gl5jk 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Top video .learnt a new skill here .
    Briliant thanks for sharing.👍👍👍

  • @johnnyyoutube416
    @johnnyyoutube416 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic video!

  • @yomontoenrd5835
    @yomontoenrd5835 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video.

  • @bobbyyost7121
    @bobbyyost7121 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well you made that look easy thanks I appreciate it my bike chain does not have a master link now I know how to take it apart

  • @user-ri4yx3qk3k
    @user-ri4yx3qk3k 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for your good experiece

  • @billioncash
    @billioncash ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fixed a broken link on our WeeHoo kids trailer thanks to your video!

  • @joebyrne6817
    @joebyrne6817 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Brilliant site well done easy learning

  • @user-gn9et4oy4w
    @user-gn9et4oy4w 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing manuals

  • @hcwbw3
    @hcwbw3 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    excellent, thank you.

  • @Munzer1977
    @Munzer1977 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks.. very useful

  • @FC2ESWS
    @FC2ESWS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @Advancingbeing
    @Advancingbeing 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the video bro , really helped out I need to get that tool it’s gonna make my life easier. I recently broke my bmx chain and been having trouble fixing it

    • @parktool
      @parktool  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Glad this helped out. The CC-3.3 would be a great tool for a beefy BMX chain.

  • @uglykidaq
    @uglykidaq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!!

  • @alrajinajib4618
    @alrajinajib4618 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks man.... It's big help 🥰

  • @stevejimenez2576
    @stevejimenez2576 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you StoneMountain64

  • @rezahelali6083
    @rezahelali6083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best , best chain video

  • @redpillnibbler4423
    @redpillnibbler4423 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful 👍

  • @RussellCambell
    @RussellCambell 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Going to add a master link or two to my toolkit

  • @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq
    @JavierGonzalez-oe1qq 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    good video, gives me some good ideas

  • @outandabout5815
    @outandabout5815 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great informative video...

  • @JollyRogerTheDodger
    @JollyRogerTheDodger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice pedals 🔥

  • @joseemmanuelnavarro7210
    @joseemmanuelnavarro7210 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Park tool is just the OG of all biking channel. You're a hidden gem park tool

  • @haroldotrillo6866
    @haroldotrillo6866 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    very helpful!

  • @sophiemac4614
    @sophiemac4614 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank so much really helped me

  • @runswithbigfoot2249
    @runswithbigfoot2249 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great info

  • @JacksonSchrenk
    @JacksonSchrenk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

  • @nooralanoor3493
    @nooralanoor3493 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job

  • @Dexeps
    @Dexeps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thank you

  • @jaysondocot1870
    @jaysondocot1870 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    thanks for helping us who love biking ;-)

  • @omanaomana5803
    @omanaomana5803 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    its very use ful

  • @mariodr6581
    @mariodr6581 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:21 those pedals.Love ‘em

  • @ClemensAlive
    @ClemensAlive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Fun fact. Almost all of this can be avoided by good maintainance.
    My chain was build for 3,000km - it now has 6,000km and still works fine.
    Just cleaning and relubricating it every week. (3 min of time)

  • @robertmcfadyen9156
    @robertmcfadyen9156 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I carry assorted master links in the breakdown kit at all times . Shimano doesn't recommended using them yet their supplier K.M.C. recommends & sells them on cards blister - sealed . Connex Wippermann chains have master links included in their cardboard retail boxes .The pre - stressing of the newly installed link can also be achieved with the inner chamfers on chain link pliers , spreading the handles from the inside faces as you do so using most of your hand & a knuckle on an adjacent finger or thumb . If another rider needs help , I will supply & fit one for free including tutorial if required as a kind deed . Cadel Evans said to me recently that it is a good gesture on my part .

  • @divyatyagi9844
    @divyatyagi9844 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks

  • @Primeros1000
    @Primeros1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tanks unfortunately I have to come across your video because I broke my clain. Great info

  • @ay9748
    @ay9748 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just snapped my Sraam XX1 chain on a slope and didn't have any of these tools on me😭
    Guess I'll be carrying a set of them as an additional to my tool kits now

  • @dwsteyl
    @dwsteyl 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful! Thanks!

  • @watever4201
    @watever4201 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    All I had to see was the first 51 seconds and I knew what to do. Thanks!

  • @Unknownedp1
    @Unknownedp1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u. I broke my chain. Thank u for the instruction

  • @benjamincabacunganjr.2495
    @benjamincabacunganjr.2495 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wooooow!!👍👌😊👏👏👏👏a informative solution to😘😘walking along the Bike😢😢going Home,,,thanks Park too
    L's👍👌👏😘😊💋💋✌💣💣💣👏👏👏✌✌✌

  • @David..
    @David.. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Step one, call wife Uber. Step two install a new chain. Step three eat some junkfood and watch the baseball game.

  • @robgilbert3395
    @robgilbert3395 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is an impressive beard.

  • @G-Man.God_Guns_Guitars
    @G-Man.God_Guns_Guitars 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really USEFUL advice by an OBVIOUS expert without the "bike nazi" attitude! Thank you brother, excellent job!
    God bless and take care...

  • @rickaristotlejorge2618
    @rickaristotlejorge2618 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had our LBS put a 8 speed shimano chain on my 8 speed bike. The pins loosened 3 times already. What should I do?

  • @technicCarp
    @technicCarp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks very helpful...whats the best chain link tool to use i had ne from bell but it broke as i was trying to replace my chain today any info would help thanks

    • @parktool
      @parktool  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I would highly recommend the Park Tool CT-3.2. This is a shop quality tool that will last for years and years. It is also easy to use.

    • @technicCarp
      @technicCarp 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      How much do them run im limited of funds

  • @normenradvany5513
    @normenradvany5513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you this great helpful video. I have a tight link problem. I just bought a new electric bike and after 150 mile it got tight link. I tried fixe but it is still tight. It is possible I can't fix it?

    • @parktool
      @parktool  6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stiff links can be caused by the chain making a bad shift under load and the tooth from one of the cogs actually marring the metal. This gives it the stiff link. You need to find the link and figure out if it is the inner or outer plate and replace it or I have actually popped the rivet and filed the marred metal a bit to make it free again.

  • @PokeySoggybottom
    @PokeySoggybottom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Multo bene!!

  • @ericcantor4529
    @ericcantor4529 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it okay to have multiple missing link, I mean if I already have masterlink and the I will put another link to replace a damage chain

  • @AL-ri6bk
    @AL-ri6bk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How to put back when pin out? Thanks. Man wished had u gugs as friends. Lol free lessons.

  • @gksecure6602
    @gksecure6602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Needed this video because a crackhead tried to steal my chain he dropped when I got outside the store

  • @bulletmagnet5044
    @bulletmagnet5044 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you use the chain tester when the chain is of the bike

  • @julio5434
    @julio5434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @sydmclay
    @sydmclay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Does using a connecting rivet to repair a chain always weaken it? You would think it would be the same strength as just installing the chain with the provided connection rivet as long as the two ends of the chain you connect after removing the damaged link aren't damaged.

    • @sydmclay
      @sydmclay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the same deal for a master link.

    • @parktool
      @parktool  4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      When a rivet is removed on a modern chain the peened end comes shears off. That peened end was peened and then hardened at the factory. You cannot do that procedure in the field so a new pin is needed and a new pin is slightly larger and has hardened ends to help it get to the same strength but it will not match the strength of a rivet that came from the factory installed. Master links are rarely an issue anymore. For awhile they would come undone but manufacturers have changed tolerances and gotten the links to work extremely well.

    • @sydmclay
      @sydmclay 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@parktool Thanks very much.

  • @gamesofstuff4268
    @gamesofstuff4268 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful thank you this is her douter

  • @alexandrastar7571
    @alexandrastar7571 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    ill be biking on a mountain in no time xD

  • @benstanski3101
    @benstanski3101 ปีที่แล้ว

    any chainbreaker handle threaded m8x1.0 or 5/16/ 18

  • @edwardbayley3799
    @edwardbayley3799 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I have two bikes. One has a Shimano 8-Speed HG CN-HG40 chain and the other a Shimano HG-X 10 speed chain. Is any generic 8S and 10S master link suitable for on the trail fixes for these two chains?

    • @parktool
      @parktool  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You will need a master link for each. They are quite different in width, so the master links will not work with one another.

  • @vixx3535
    @vixx3535 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is it ok to have two master links on your chain??

  • @patrickhickey4029
    @patrickhickey4029 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    damn that was good