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Re: pic: Drivetrain Prototype

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56 View Post
There is no question that 35 chain is more forgiving than 25. It allows for much more carelessness in design and misalignment albeit at a huge weight penalty. I would look at the systems in question on your design and try to identify the cause of the failure as it is not from the chain itself but rather the implementation.
I blame frame warping. Boston was no issue for the drive-train, Atlanta was a totally different story. But the complexity of the chain runs probably helped
(double sprocket on tough-box to double sprocket on bearing blocks to wheel to wheel [times 2]) + (double sprocket on tough-box to wheel to wheel [times 2])
{we had a double sided drive-train and needed to get power to both sides.}
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