Thanks everyone for all the help and advice! I definitely found this to be a weird situation given the master link I was given, but that weird mismatch between the two halves. I'm going to take it to a professional here in town once I get a new master link and have them do the job to ensure I'm safe ...

It's difficult to tell from the pics,but the sideplate seems to be sitting proud from the rest of the chain. If so,I wouldn't be happy with that.

Welcome in btw,are you staying a while?


I mostly lurk and learn, but you can bet I'll be around. Thanks for the help! I'll probably end up getting a ...

It’s only my second time riveting a chain but this time the chain came with a clip master link. Unfortunately there were no grooves to make sure it’d actually work so I riveted it instead. It didn’t respond like last time so I wanted to ask if I should take it to a professional to redo before I ride ...