How To Reconnect Bike Chain. Simply slide both ends of the link together and then rotate your chain on the bike until the quick release is on top and the pedal is facing forward. Pull chain to lock the link.

Simply slide both ends of the link together and then rotate your chain on the bike until the quick release is on top and the pedal is facing forward. This video will walk you through each step of chain replacement including checking removing the old chain sizing and routing the new chain and connectin. Line up the female and male ends of the chain in a chain tool again available at all bike shops.
To reconnect this type you dont even need any tools.
Engage the two pieces so link rivet mates to link plate hole. Turn the handle to drive the pin into the chain. You need to have the adjoining lengths of chain that connect to this link held at ninety degrees to the superlink. You could try using a simple chain breakingRivet tool to break the chain at one point while still keeping the pin in the link and then put the chain on and use the tool again to push the pin in and join the chain like that.
