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Chain and Sprocket's?
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[QUOTE="Jaybird, post: 411739, member: 22283"] Chains get longer due to wear on the friction surfaces, primarily the surface between the pin and bushing. If you clean your chain properly and keep lubrication on the friction surfaces your chain will last. You must keep proper adjustment for this to be true. Sprockets get worn because when your chain gets worn it changes pitch, or gets longer. Since the sprocket is cut to fit your chain when it's new, the change of length will wear on the sprocket teeth. If you plan on taking good care of your chain by adjusting, cleaning, and lubing properly..you can run a cheap set of sprockets and do quite well. The "gold" chain is not what to look for although many gold chains have good integrity, you want to find a chain with a high number of tensile strength AND hard pins and bushings. Chains in catalogs usually will list the tensile strength of the chain plates and some will explain the process they go through to provide hardened friction surfaces. The D.I.D.ERT chain is superior to Renthal R1, IMO... however both will do a good job if taken care of. BTW...the gold color is just a coating. It is not the natural color of some magic metal. [/QUOTE]
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