Park Tool MLP-one Master Hyperlink Pliers

15 Responses to Park Tool MLP-one Master Hyperlink Pliers

1. jayb says:

   November 27, 2011 at 11:09 am

   5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

   Works Well, January 30, 2010

   By jayb (Seattle) –

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   This review is from: Park Tool MLP-1 Master Link Pliers (Sports)

   I needed this tool for quite a while. I can often get apart Wippermann Connex link apart with bare hands after much effort, but I find an SRAM link nearly impossible to get apart. With this tool they come apart easily. Note the fine print on the package where they tell you that you should pinch the sides of an SRAM link together with your fingers as you use this tool to avoid damage to the link. FWIW, I never used master links before preferring to take apart or put together a chain by pushing out or pushing in a pin with a chain tool. From what I’ve read that isn’t the best idea with the narrower modern chains where the pins are peened over after they’ve been inserted. The thought of 2.5 chains worth of recumbent chain breaking apart under pressure converted me to use master links. This tool makes it much, much easier.

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2. Matthew Pearson says:

   November 27, 2011 at 11:18 am

   3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

   Nearly Indespensible, August 14, 2011

   By Matthew Pearson (Omaha, Nebraska United States) –
     

   This review is from: Park Tool MLP-1 Master Link Pliers (Sports)

   At first, I hated buying a tool like this. I had a chain breaker, I had pliers, needle nose Vice Grips, all sorts of stuff. I told myself “No! You can open those by hand!” And mostly, I could. Master Links, however, can be stubborn. I had to do a lot of pre-cleaning to a chain that i wanted to remove so that i could clean it just to get the master link to open. Then, finally, I put on a new 9 speed chain and had to take it back off to remove some links. I tried almost every tool I had and wound up cutting myself before just springing for a set of these master link pliers. I don’t regret it. It makes opening these chains so easy that I’m thinking of starting to use SRAM chains or at least master links on all of my chains. It sure beats spending a couple bucks on a rivet every time I want to open one of my Shimano chains… Yeah, it’s possible to open most master links with your hands or your hands and some rags or some other ad hoc tool… but just buy the thing. The frustration it can save you from is priceless.

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3. MegaJ0sh says:

   November 27, 2011 at 11:48 am

   maybe a bit of a stupid question, but i tried using a drill and it wouldnt cut through the rivet…..what sort of drill bit do you need (masonry, wood….)?
   as if you do need a drill bit for metal i will need to get one… :/ (feel like such a noob for asking it)
4. JethrusBah says:

   November 27, 2011 at 12:18 pm

   most useful!…thanks!
5. mikeallensonntag says:

   November 27, 2011 at 12:42 pm

   @1jumper11 Thats what she said.
6. muffemod says:

   November 27, 2011 at 1:10 pm

   @1jumper11 Try it again, but this time when you do it, do it like a man. (not trying to be mean, it will work)
7. 1jumper11 says:

   November 27, 2011 at 1:51 pm

   @irulethe70s I TRY it but just dont get in …
8. irulethe70s says:

   November 27, 2011 at 2:45 pm

   @1jumper11 You screw them into the rivots, take longer, so the drill is better
9. 1jumper11 says:

   November 27, 2011 at 3:44 pm

   @irulethe70s How can i use screws??? please help i dont have drill to take them out ??
10. henryjk9419 says:

    November 27, 2011 at 4:26 pm

    @Tempy1012 centerpunch
11. irulethe70s says:

    November 27, 2011 at 5:03 pm

    Screws work,but the drill is better

    Use screws if you have time

    Drill is for impaitent people
12. iamtheblank says:

    November 27, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    @Tempy1012 I think that’s simply a punch.
13. GENERALCHAOS13 says:

    November 27, 2011 at 6:39 pm

    THX for the video i never realy payed much Attention on that im repaint soon so that gun look cool to
14. Pugslee3 says:

    November 27, 2011 at 7:02 pm

    Very useful, I was wondering how to remove them!
15. airjamin8tor says:

    November 27, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    what “length” of rivet on the average?