# Chain link broke HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** No Judgement\ **Created:** [August 13, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-link-broke-help/10849 "2019-08-13T15:13:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Snapperhead](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/snapperhead/32/19140_2.png) [@Snapperhead](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Snapperhead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-link-broke-help/10849/1 "2019-08-13T15:13:30Z")
Just had a Maslowvian Catastrophe! The last link in the chain where I was clipping my keeper pin came out of the chain and dropped the router as it was cutting, wasting 100$ worth of materials. This is a “HOT JOB” and I need a fix in a hurry. My thinking is move up the chain a half link and clip in, then move the chain a half link forward on the gears, I plan to do both sides so this doesn’t end up biting me twice. Any ideas or advice would be massively appreciated. ![IMG_20190813_095439](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/1/1028ba4da6f5d9e31b9412df531085534ed9071b.jpeg) ![IMG_20190813_095900](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/maslowcnc/original/2X/5/5915cfde6910f76d4a129170c711a0bc34a65e41.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Snapperhead](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/snapperhead/32/19140_2.png) [@Snapperhead](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Snapperhead)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-link-broke-help/10849/2 "2019-08-13T15:40:06Z")
To anyone reading this, The fix mentioned in this post worked! I moved the clip up a half link on the chain and then advanced the chain a half link forward on the gear, I did this on both sides so as not to repeat this problem on the other chain. I then moved to center and she was ready to go back to work with out calibrating again. Special thanks to the Facebook Group " [https://www.facebook.com/groups/maslowcnc/](https://www.facebook.com/groups/maslowcnc/) " for the all the help and quick response. ---
**Author:** ![jwolter](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/jwolter/32/30787_2.png) [@jwolter](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/jwolter)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-link-broke-help/10849/3 "2019-08-14T22:17:17Z")
Looks like you needed a stronger pin/wire to hold things together. Did you reassemble the same way as before? ---
**Author:** ![Snapperhead](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forums.maslowcnc.com/snapperhead/32/19140_2.png) [@Snapperhead](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/u/Snapperhead)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2019, 11:00pm UTC](https://forums.maslowcnc.com/t/chain-link-broke-help/10849/4 "2019-08-15T23:00:18Z")
I used the first link of the chain that has a Dowel pin in it on both sides. This fixed the problem and I finished the rest of the job without issue.