Master Links

[imdunne8]

Thank you all for your replies so far. I guess I should further clarify the situation.

The chain will be #35 (and could be even larger, we definitely will have room for the weight!). It will be properly installed and will be the chain that drives our robot. We are using Andymark supershifters, but that still will not produce all that much extra tension at any time.

I believe the alternative is to use a chain tool to remove and reinsert the pin. Unfortunately, I also have not been watching the process too closely and am not exactly sure how this is being done.

My main question is this - Has your team had a properly installed drive chain break at the master link?

[EricH]

Originally Posted by imdunne8

My main question is this - Has your team had a properly installed drive chain break at the master link?

To my knowledge, neither team 330 nor team 1135 has had that problem.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally Posted by imdunne8

My main question is this - Has your team had a properly installed drive chain break at the master link?

Only once that I can recall in my 8 years on my team.

We had a protruding screw head in the path of the chain, and that got entangled with the master link clip and popped it off.

This ONLY happened as a result of a quick replacement between matches of the screw with one with a non-countersunk head which was the only one available in the 5 seconds we had to put the screw back and get back in the game.

Lessons learned...