I think that what you will find if you lay an old chain and a new chain out on the floor is that the new one is shorter and that the old one used to be the same size as the new one. It certainly will appear to have "stretched" but you may well be right about the technical description of what happened to it.
Randy B -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Ervine Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 2:41 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chain Stretch? Chuck Landenberger wrote: > Hi John, > > I looked at the thesaurus too, but we are dealing w/metal and IMHO > "stretch" implies some flexibility. Metal is, by definition, a flexible material - see malleability and ductility. The stretch we measure in the timing chain is due to wear and fatigue of the metal. -- John L. Ervine 1981 240D 4-spd 270+kmi 1980 300TD 175+kmi 1980 300SD 277+kmi 1977 280S 4-spd 81+kmi 1976 350SE 4-spd 163+kmi _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
