My kmc ones dont fit so which ones shall i order?

KMC 10 speed work well for me

yes thats what i have but just seem a mm to small

Regular 9 speed SRAM power link

kmc quick links for 10 speed funnily enough fit ten speed chains.

You need to squeeze harder.

Funnily enough they dont

2 XT chains with 2 KMC quicklinks here, fitted no problem. Are you sure your links are 10 and not 11 speed ?

I had a similar problem with 10 speed quick links I bought from Decathlon recently, pretty sure they are KMC links rebranded as B’Twin. It was the same problem, just a tiny bit too short and I couldn’t fasten it once it was on the chain. I had another 10 speed link lying around and putting them next to each other, you could see the pin was shorter.

Decathlon have since said that the links are for SRAM chains only. I’m pretty sure CRC were selling different KMC links for Shimano/SRAM chains, but it seems to be just one option for both now.

On a related note the last KMC links I bought I couldn’t get to close even off the chain…

cheeky thread revival…is it ok to use a 9 speed quick link with a 10 speed chain?

I do and haven’t had any problems.

I was just using it until I got some 10 speed ones but now I don’t think I’ll bother.

I use Clarks Links on my SLX chain – not sure if these will work on XT, but I don’t see why not.

I’ve been using YBN links from Merlin with no issues.

KMC for me and no probs at all

I had to one day when that’s all that was in my pack. It worked fine at the time and has done since.

Kmc for me too, although I did manage to break one!

By the way for anyone interested merlin are doing 2 xt chains for £25 or £15 each.

i bought a twin pack of KMC 10 speed quick links which they stated were good for XT chains. one of them did fit, the other one was way too tight. you could force it closed but it was so tight that the chain couldn’t pivot. The tolerances for making re-useable 10 speed links is very small and it seems hit and miss if you get one which fits. some people on this thread have been lucky, the others haven’t !
I think the easiest way to go is use the 9 speed sram quick links. they seem to work without issues.