Half link vs full link chain... Pls help

It's a shadow chain, isn't it?

I like full link chains......just add a single half link if you need to dial it in.

The chain is a pintle chain freestyle

When I was useing full like kmc 710 sl there was no issue and it was so smooth with no noise. Now with these half links it feels like there are ball bearings in between the links or something

Dannykobra wrote:

When I was useing full like kmc 710 sl there was no issue and it was so smooth with no noise. Now with these half links it feels like there are ball bearings in between the links or something

its too tight, its just the links moving around, my friend got one and it does the same thing

Dannykobra wrote:

When I was useing full like kmc 710 sl there was no issue and it was so smooth with no noise. Now with these half links it feels like there are ball bearings in between the links or something

13esim wrote:

its too tight, its just the links moving around, my friend got one and it does the same thing

I loosend off the tension because I thought the same thing but there was no change, if I go any looser the chain hops off the sprocket

Maybe it was too loose to begin with...

Dannykobra wrote:

I loosend off the tension because I thought the same thing but there was no change, if I go any looser the chain hops off the sprocket

the links will move around and they will pop when they engage with the sprocket

Haha I would just slap the 710 back on unless you already snapped it.

Based on what im reading here, I think im gonna switch back to a full link

Dannykobra wrote:

When I was useing full like kmc 710 sl there was no issue and it was so smooth with no noise. Now with these half links it feels like there are ball bearings in between the links or something

i think you might have put it upside down man, there directional unlike fullink chains, and i put mine on upside down and it didnt work well and fucking shaved the teeth on my sprocket, and made hella noise

NOOB ALERT
which is better and why?

Dannykobra wrote:

Based on what im reading here, I think im gonna switch back to a full link

I run a Nitrous half link and have never had a problem with it. Half links are good for people who are trying to "slam: the rear end. If you don't care where your wheel sits, run a full link. If you're looking for a half link that WON'T eat up you r sprocket or driver, try a Nitrous. I just re-read your post. It sounds like you have an old sprocket? IF you do... After a while, chains stretch with use. So your old stretched chain wore the sprocket and "self machined" the gaps a little bigger. So they should have ft really good together. Does that make sense? When you put on a new chain it is actually smaller in length since everything is new and tight. Since the new chain wants to sit down in the hole that the old chain was sitting in, it will grind away the teeth until it finds a perfect fit together. DOes any of that make sense? Try a new or newer sprocket and see what happens.

devonheartsbmx wrote:

i think you might have put it upside down man, there directional unlike fullink chains, and i put mine on upside down and it didnt work well and fucking shaved the teeth on my sprocket, and made hella noise

This might also be the problem.

NewSkoolRider wrote:

NOOB ALERT
which is better and why?

personal preference. half links are better for small drivetrains like an 8 or 9 and they are easier to dial in the length to fit the frame. full links can snap more easily (especially when running on an 8 or 9T) and are harder to get to the right length, and the links are different which i dont like. personally ill take a half link over a full link but not shadow, those kinda suck

just get the odyssey bluebird. strong and cheap

This is an "extreme" case. One of the kids out here rode one of the half-links mentioned on this link (neither Eastern or Nitrous). By the time he figured out what was going on, he already needed a new sprocket. So he decided to run it till the wheels feel off , and this is the end result. You can see how a chain rubs a particular pattern into the sprocket. If you use a new chain with an old sprocket you are almost guaranteed to have some sort of issue. Same goes for new sprocket with an old chain.