Thread: Questions about first time trying 6WD.
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Re: Questions about first time trying 6WD.
If you're using #35 chain you should never ever throw a chain even with relatively light tensioning. however if you're using the lighter #25 chain you do stand a chance. My team's 2002 bot would often pop its chain. It was a very poorly constucted drivetrain in that holes were slightly off center causing the chain to tighten and then loosen as it went around. However #25 chain has a tensile strength around 1000 pounds which is not way more than certain applications can cause(think very long arms) You shouldn't ever break #25, but under slightly out of the norm conditions it does have a slight chance of being overloaded. By slight I mean its not worth worrying about, just something to keep in mind. As always I'm going to say try to calculate the forces the chain will take and see how much it is.
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