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Originally Posted by Randy
I prefer a replacement chain which has a rivited closure (master link), but all the ones I have found have a master link with C-clips; the one shown in the factory manual has C-clips as well: good or bad?
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There have been several threads on this subject; the nutshell as I recall was that for 116/117 engines (according to people whose profit and loss rest on this), that the clips are at least as good as rivets. Installed properly, they will not pop off; they in no way have anything to do with the strength of the chain, the links and "rods" bear all of that. There was, however, another opinion of using clips on a diesel engine.