Thread: Bad link in chain?
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Old 07-22-19, 12:41 PM
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Just grab the chain on each side with your thumbs on each side of the bad link and bend in both directions the way it DOESN'T want to bend.
You can usually loosen them up quickly. Just don't overdo it. It will take a "few" pounds of force.
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