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Originally Posted by lukevanoort
I think it is actually stretching. I have no solid evidence to back up my opinion, but I did watch as my team's arm prototype's #35 chain went from really tight to so loose that it was barely touching the teeth of the lower sprocket in under half a second. (There was a lot of force on that chain though)
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I agree that the chain gets longer when you first use it, then it kind of settles in and stays the same length for a while.
I was just saying that I think this is caused by initial wear, not by the metal exceeding it's yield strength.
Kind of nit-picky of me