New to #219 chain

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- May 14, 2015 at 11:04 am #48213
  
  Jay Sinon
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  Not sure of your answer but why do you run a 219 chain? Most 4 stroke guys run 35 chain and a split sprocket due to them being inboard of the axle bearings. The 35 chain uses a master link so you would not weaken the chain by pressing it apart. 219 chains seem to be popular with the 2 stroke crowd who run out board sprockets and chains being that they don’t have to take them apart to remove them from the kart and therefor don’t need a master link.
- May 14, 2015 at 11:26 am #48215
  
  Clint Williams
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  Jay-
  
  I am running 219 for clearance between the rear sprocket and rear cross rail on my new frame. (Smaller chain and smaller diameter sprockets) On my old frame I had more clearance and had no issues running #35 chain. I am using split sprockets inboard.
  
  I just didn’t know if it was acceptable to add/remove links as needed or if it would be better to just make seperate lengths of chain for each ratio combo.
- May 14, 2015 at 11:51 am #48224
  
  Walt Gifford
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  Lots of people use 219 on 4 strokes. You never want to use a master link for kart racing. You can break the chain and put it back together all day long.
  
  Gif
- May 14, 2015 at 11:54 am #48225
  
  Clint Williams
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  Thanks Walt!
- May 14, 2015 at 8:50 pm #48238
  
  Will McDonough
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  I my self do use 219 chain on my 4 stroke. We had custom clutch sprockets made and cut the frame so we could run a bigger gear on the axel. Split sprocket too. I did this so I could trade gears and chain with my kt100 that way I didn’t have two sets of every thing. Why not run 219 on a 4 stroke since it’ll keep up with a 2 stroke.
- May 15, 2015 at 5:00 am #48242
  
  Jay Sinon
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  No offence Walt but if you break a chain you through it in the trash as it is stretched and damaged. I have raced motorcycles most of my life in the dirt and the street some with over 100HP and have never broken a master link. So I cant imagine a 10hp B&S engine being to hard on a master link.
- May 15, 2015 at 5:42 am #48246
  
  Jay Sinon
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  Sorry Walt,
  
  I just re-read your post again and I now assume you mean take the chain apart when you said break the chain all day long.
- May 15, 2015 at 6:46 am #48271
  
  Walt Gifford
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  If you’re running a master link on a kart and getting away with it more power to you but it’s not the HP that gets you.
  
  Gif
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