Posted by buickanddeere on December 01, 2008 at 06:07:14 from (192.75.48.150):
In Reply to: Tire chain tension? posted by Rusty Machinist on November 30, 2008 at 14:20:16:
They might seem ok. Do some road travel or make one turn with a wheel spinning and you may hear a "bad sound". I took a cross link out of each of the chains my Uncle used and tightened them up more than he ever did.I was on my way to clean snow out from around the church and one of the chains flipped off and wrapped around the axle. Bent the latches on the chains, ripped my snowmobile suit and got soaked in calcium chloride salt water on a cold winter"s day. The chain didn"t catch the valve stem. It actually put enough pressure and pinch in the tire to rip the tube open. Needless to say I work and re-work those chains around to be as tight as possible while the tires are 1/2 deflated to 8 psi. After the chains are installed the tires are pumped back up to 16psi. *(&^%&((&^0 ice and snow.
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