Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
If I read this correctly the question is how to not push the pin all the way out of the side plates. The classic method is to stop turning the tool's handle/pushing pin before the chain pin falls out.
Chain plier tools like the VAR #303 or Gian Robert would come with pins just long enough to not push the chain pin all the way out. Worked pretty well until chains got narrower and narrower to accommodate more and more sprockets on the cluster. Of course, now with the riveted chains you may as well push the pin all the way out and re-connect with a master link.
And tools like the Park CT-2 chain pliers had an adjustable stroke that could accommodate a range of chain widths.
