[Joe Johnson]

Originally Posted by Chak

I don't know what the real answer is, but my team ran into this exact situation with our practice bot and we used half links from mcmasters as well as some half links from amazon. I would definitely recommend the mcmasters ones. No pesky cotter pins to deal with, and besides we broke the amazon half links the moment we began ramming into our wooden practice defenses. Meanwhile, the mcmasters half link held while another full-link failed elsewhere on the chain.

THIS TYPE of Half Link:



ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THIS TYPE:



Just don't even think about using the cotter pin type. Please.

Dr. Joe J.