Paid $150 for a Park Tool chain checker that I dropped in a puddle on day two

I bought that fancy Park Tool CC-2 chain checker thinking it would be the last one I ever needed, but I slipped on some wet asphalt and it landed right in a muddy puddle. The gauge got all jammed up with grit and now it reads .75% wear even on a brand new chain. Anyone else ever wreck a tool on the first day and just stare at it for ten minutes?

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diana5522d agoMost Upvoted

Read somewhere that Park Tool actually designs their stuff to be repairable, not just replaceable. Might be worth taking the CC-2 apart to clean the grit out of the gauge, better than staring at a $150 paperweight.

finleybutler22d ago

Dropped my brand new Shimano chain tool in a gravel driveway on day one. Bent the pin on the spot and it wouldnt push a link out straight. Sat there holding it for a solid five minutes feeling like an absolute clown. Tools work fine till you actually use them near dirt or water apparently.