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Re: pic: Frog Force 503 Omnitank Drivetrain (rAC)

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Originally Posted by Bryce Paputa View Post
Forgot to say this, but since each sprocket is held on by only a bolt, part of the plan with this is to switch out the chain every week or so if needed.
We thought the same thing when we did our first one two years ago. We them found out the stretch was just too much. We were having it replace every match. This made turnaround times atrocious. Chris gave you some ways of reducing the load on the chain, but I would argue it would be enough. Look at 35 chain ASAP.
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