A useful lesson learnt, buy all you chain, connectors, and sprockets from the same place (surplus centre usually wins my money) there is a lot of variation in chain links from place to place. most common being the heavy type chain or the double pitch type chain not listed correctly.
Chris. b On Jan 20, 10:59 am, [email protected] wrote: > well, i got one packet in the mail of regular links and off set links > (listed as for scooter chain) yesterday and started to try to use them. they > look almost the same as the ones from Surplus Center. i still had to grind > down the thickness of the link plates (by about half) to make the wide end of > the off set link work, and still had to spread it open a bit to make it fit > only to find i now have to grind off the end of the chain line as it > doesn't move freely in the off set link once pinned. > > i took it off and am waiting for the other set of links and off set links > to arrive to try them. if these don't work either, i guess i'm forced to buy > chain from Surplus Center as i'm about done trying to make the current > chain work. > > Chris, > _Odyssey Slipways_ (http://hometown.aol.com/odysseyslipways/index.html) -- You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat
