Marshall Booth wrote:
I don't believe that the number of failed clips was especially high
(less than a few percent) over the life of the replacement chains (many
may well have been from improper installation), but Mercedes decided
that was WAY too many so they abolished the clip in the '80s.
I use a ball peen hammer. Never had one fail or come apart.
Dan
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In a message dated 8/17/2005 7:18:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've heard of the master link failure too. But only from people who
had the swaging tool for rent. Has anyone on this list ever
personally seen one fail? Or had pe
e: [MBZ] 6 degrees of stretch/clip on master link failure
Ken, and all,
I have never seen a link failure either, good point! I used clip on master links on my first 3 diesel engine rebuilds, back in the 70's and 80's. Then again when I changed the chain at 150,000 on my current 79.
In a message dated 8/17/2005 7:18:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've heard of the master link failure too. But only from people who had the
swaging tool for rent. Has anyone on this list ever personally seen one fail?
Or had personal witness to one failing? H
