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Old 03-29-2008, 06:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton View Post
It's basically impossible for a chain to "snap" of it's own accord. There must be a prior event.........such as the loss of a guide or the tensioning rail.........that precipitates the chain failure.
Not always. Metal does fatigue over time and everything man-made will have production flaws.

You know the old saying, a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link. All it takes is one bad link for the chain to break. Remember the member (Craig?) that happened to find his chain was missing a link bar?
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