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Originally Posted by fredliu168
My chain keeps breaking. We use it to lift our conveyer pickup, but I don't think it can handle it...
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That's similar to what we tried to do with ours. We had an elevator-type lift to pull us up onto the bar. It worked a few times (at Ramp Riot), but then it broke and then didn't work again. After trying to fix it multiple times (none worked), we tried using string (didn't work) and then just gave up. We decided we would use tank tread instead (way sturdier), and left it at that. After VEX was over, we were sitting in the stands watching the FRC competiton, when a VEX team member realized the clutch (I think that's what he said it was- the green thing on the end of the motor) was stripped.
To wrap up this jumbled post, if you're using the chain to lift your robot, and it's not working, try using the tank tread instead, and check your motor clutch.
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