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Re: Chain Tensioning
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
If anything, c-c distance is much more critical with belts than it is with chain.
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Yes, but they're far more forgiving of minor alignment slop, and you don't have to worry about integer numbers of links, and they don't stretch.
I've done four drives with belt in my time in FRC, and I think four or five with chain. I've seen at least an order of magnitude more problems with the latter.
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