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Originally Posted by Matt382
Also, the clips on the master links really like to pop off (it has happened to our robot twice last year, once during build, once during a match, and our chains were properly alligned with little or no twisting forces).
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Interesting. Apart from one time*, I've never had that problem on any of the bots I've helped with. That comes from 3 years of using #25 chain on 971's drivetrains and arms, and mentoring 254 this year (though I haven't heard of them having trouble with that in the past either). I'd say you guys need to make sure that the clip on the master link seats in it's grove before you call it done.
*The only problem I have ever had with that was when the kid who cut the chain to the right length inadvertently pried apart the sides of the link with the chain breaker so that it was too wide for the clip on the masterlink to seat. He didn't know that that could happen and cause a problem, so he didn't worry about it when he cut the chain. I carefully squeezed it back into shape with a wrench, and we never had a problem again.