Carpokes

stitch2k1 wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 5:12 pm

Latitude48 wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:37 am What is the mechanism that allows a chain to "stretch?" The links are rigid, so is it wear where the links attach, or something else?

Fatigue will cause metal to stretch

Tom wrote: Mon Dec 29, 2025 4:53 pm if that's say 10 thousands per pin/hole, that's nearly a mm for every 2 links...

Also this. M116 and M117 also break chains a lot on top of that.

Indeed. That's why I changed mine on the 450SL. Kind of a nerve-racking process too, as the chain gets drawn into a black hole while you turn it in... Once out, the old one was clearly longer than the new one.