frozen chain link

[redrhodie]

I noticed a slight click on my ride yesterday. It was worse today. I inspected the chain, and sure enough, there's one really stiff link. It kinks when it goes around the jockey pulleys, which is what was causing the noise.

I just tried cleaning and lubing (with ProLink) all parts of that link, but it's still kinking. The roller inside the link moves freely, but the outside bars still don't. Has anyone else seen this before? Is it time to replace the chain, or is there a trick to loosening it up? The rest of the chain is perfectly fluid, it's just this one link.