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Offline grumpy

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Lost an O-ring from my chain - should I care?
« on: June 30, 2011, 06:36:58 PM »
nit-picky question:

An O-ring fell off while I was wiping down my chain - it split & came off.
Should I care?
I mean, it's not fixable and it's likely gonna be the weak link someday but it's not like it's gonna fail in 10 miles right?
The chain is in good shape otherwise w/ about 5,000mi on it.

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Re: Lost an O-ring from my chain - should I care?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 08:07:42 PM »
The o-rings are there to help keep dirt out and lube in.
The chain isn't going anywhere soon.
Just do the usual maintainance and you should be fine.
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Re: Lost an O-ring from my chain - should I care?
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 09:40:41 PM »
that's what I was hoping to here.
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Re: Lost an O-ring from my chain - should I care?
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2011, 01:40:08 AM »
dont panic,itll be fine,do you run a clip type master link?if you really wanted,,you could add another in that spot thus fitting an oring back into the circle.
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