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Could you elaborate on that a little bit? Tricky how?
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Chris captured some of the problems above....
If you deploy a floating star tensioner on a long run of chain, the system tends to "slap" back and forth under load. Hard to explain without a diagram. This action can eventually through the tensioner.....especially if the chain tries to twist at all.
The point is, if you can design to the proper center distance and plan for a tensioning device, say a bolt or cam, I believe it will be more robust for competition.
We have used these in the past many times, but always as a fix, never as the planned way.