I managed to press out the link with the "master pin" in it and install the Missing Link.
The mushroomed pin pushed out easily with the chain tool.
The tool has a really good feel to it and was really comfortable to use.
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The "master pin" was easy to push out as well. (You just have to push it the right direction.
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I didn't push either pin all the way out of the link.
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To close the link, I pulled on the chain and it closed easily, just a bit of a tug.
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Then I tried to open the link with my hands and that wasn't going to happen, so I tried my chain pliers and it worked great but it did take quite a squeeze of the handles to pop it open.
I thought I'd try that to see what it's like.
I used a piece of string/rope that was just thin enough to feed through the chain link.
I couldn't pop the link. I was pulling so hard on the string that it was digging into fingers.
I'm sure that I could get it to work if I wrapped the ends of the string around wrenches to make handles to pull on but the link takes a lot of pressure to pop it open.
It is a brand new quick link though, it might loosen up a bit over time?
@PedalUma posted a link to this chain wrench on Amazon.
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That's the chain wrench you want to have. It's meant to open a link.
It squeezes the link when you squeeze the handles.
You can use it to close the link by pulling on the handles, but you don't need a tool to close a link.