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Old 10-04-2018, 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Diesel911 View Post
Only consider the woodruff key if you used the 2mm method to check the stretch. That allows you to pick the proper sized Key.
+1, dial indicator method is best. Ive never really understood using the keys though... By the time you cut open the chain to insert, youre 50+% of the way there, and could have a known good and new chain... A critical part!
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