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Originally Posted by silverD
Our students dreaded chain until we picked up one of these. You can get this style from many sources, but it is the best we have found.
Good luck with the swap,
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Originally Posted by cbale2000
We bought one of these a while back but it would always (like 100% of the time) destroy the chain (bend the links beyond repair) before the pins pushed out. Never had any issue with the one we got for #25 chain though, so not sure if we just got a bad one or we're doing something wrong. Regardless the push-out pin on the tool broke a while back so we threw it in a junk drawer.
Thankfully we haven't had the need to use #35 chain for several years so I haven't had to deal with it.
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I have to second (third?) the suggestion to buy a chain break like this. @Cbale200, most likely yours isn't defective, but rather user error. A chain break like that one is somewhat difficult to get a hang of, and if you don't seat the chain in the grooves properly, it will destroy the link, but once you know how to put the chain in it, you'll never have a trouble breaking chains again. The only unfortunate part about it is since it's designed for go-cart racing, (It is an aluminum block after all) it's impossible to get into tight spaces so for some chain runs you'll have to make the chain first, then walk it onto the sprockets.