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Loveless75
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Loveless75 mikelevy's article
Jun 8, 2010 at 8:46
Jun 8, 2010
Technical Tuesday: Chain Wear
Actually the "stretch" is just wear. Like on a track type tractor as links and sprockets wear the spacing for the chain gets exaggerated when the sprocket wears. The chain wears out getting longer and the sprocket wears out getting a smaller circumference making the chain stretch seem worse than it actually is.I dont know how strong you are but last i checked i wasnt able to stretch steel past its elasticity point. Oh and fatigue is a whole other thing.