Wipperman quick link / help I'm an idiot

mfdc

After the winter my commuter's drivetrain is in woeful condition, so I ordered basically a replacement set and have spent the afternoon cleaning and prepping. The new chain is a Wippermann Connex 8 speed, includes quick link. I've seen the Connex links on CRC before, so didn't give it a second thought. Anyway, I get it measured, on the cog and go to get the quick link only to find... this:



This isn't like any quick link I've seen before, have been playing around with it now for about 15 minutes and I can't see how it works at all. There's only one hole in the plate for both pins to go in... once one of the pins is in and slid across, the second pin lines up with the end of the plate just past the hole it's meant to go in.

Has anyone come up against one of these bastards in the past? It looks to me to be physically unpossible, so it's got to be something really easy and I'm just having a Homer moment here.

blobbie

Hope this helps

http://www.connexchain.com/data-live-connex/docs/pdf/Bedienungsanleitungen/Manual_Snap_On.pdf

Fiddly

victorcarrera

Don't slide it across all the way. Then slot the second rivet in and press the plate fully across with a pliers so that the hole in the plate is not in line with the rivet. It is a press fit and supposed to be tight.

mfdc

Thanks a ton folks, it didn't occur to me to use brute force to bend the chain. I thought there would be some finesse trick to it