dismanteling a chain

[Rickertsen2]

Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik

Unless I'm sorely mistaken, a bike chain tool just won't work with most any chain you'll be using on a FIRST bot. Unless you happen to in fact be using bicycle chain. The dimensions of bicycle and ANSI roller chain are vastly different, after all.

They are different, but in the case of a chain brake they are not different enough to need a different tool.

As mentioned above, if you don't have a chain brake, use a screwdriver and alot of hammering on one of the pins. Once you take the chain apart you will need to buy a special link called a master link to put it back together.