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Old 03-29-2008, 07:54 PM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
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?
OK, I'll agree that 300K will cause sufficient wear on the pins to create the possibility of a failure and that it should be replaced at that mileage on principle, due to the potential for catstrophe if it fails.
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