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MX | Off-Road Gear Info & Reviews
Primary Drive (RockyMtnATV's brand) Chain Opinions?
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[QUOTE="Jaybird, post: 1099427, member: 22283"] Tensile strength rating of a chain really isn't an important factor. The mfg's use it as a marketing tool. All it really tells you is the ultimate pull force it takes to cause the sideplates to fail and break. The most powerful dirtbike on the planet can only create about half of the force needed to break the cheapest of cheapo chains. You can throw the tensile strength numbers out the widow as far as it being anything of real value. A chain with a higher rating could have thicker plates and pins, yet use inferior metals. Another chain with high quality metal, but a lower tensile rating, will far outperform and outlast the higher rated chain. If you are going to use a ring chain, keep in mind that it has a finite lifespan. In other words, the mfg knows just about how many revolutions you are going to see from that chain, because the lubricant is metered and kept in place. Providing you take good care of the rings and keep them from wearing or tearing. A standard non ring chain requires your care to stay alive. And keeping the chain properly cleaned, lubricated, and adjusted are the keys. Users of cheaper standard chains can easily keep their chains in service longer than that of the high dollar, finite lifespan, ring chain users. [/QUOTE]
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