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Chains
- Thread starter TK4
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What kind of machinery is that off of?
TK4
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I wonder. Some kind of very slow turning industrial device for sure.
Next question is how big is that? I think maybe I'm shrinking it a bit since it looks just like a really weird motorcycle chain
Mad Mike
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That's a cottered chain, not likely used on a motorcycle, more likely on small equipment (tiller, snowblower, bailer) where the chain travels inside the machinery.
Cottered chains are used when the chain goes inside machinery housings making it hard to reach to the master link. They still have a have a master link, however, if it's buried you can pull the cotter pins and use brute force to pull a link apart. Won't be easy, the side plates are press fit, they don't drop out like the cover plate on a master link -- a fair amount of force is needed to separate a cottered link.
Cottered chains are used when the chain goes inside machinery housings making it hard to reach to the master link. They still have a have a master link, however, if it's buried you can pull the cotter pins and use brute force to pull a link apart. Won't be easy, the side plates are press fit, they don't drop out like the cover plate on a master link -- a fair amount of force is needed to separate a cottered link.
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