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Have you ever seen chain damage like this?

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Hello fellow FZ/MT riders, I was adjusting my chain and noticed one of the rollers has a section missing... what's strange is the part of the roller that remains rotates freely on the pin, and snugly, just like the ones that aren't damaged. In other words it's not bent or stretched out of shape, it just has a section missing. Have you ever seen a chain with this sort of wear/damage? BTW, the chain and sprockets have about 17k miles on them.

Just ordered another chain/sprockets, but I have a ride planned for tomorrow. What I don't know is how compromised the strength of the chain may be, and I realize different people have different tolerances for risk, but would you ride the bike with the chain in this condition?

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Take a caliper to the master link and compare width from plate to plate to the other links. Also measure the width of the riveted pins, should be 5.5 to 5.8mm. At least you can rule out the master link as the cause if in specification.
Doug

Your tolerances I believe are for a DID chain.
Mfg dimensions vary a bit between make and model, and from the photo you can't tell which mfg other than the type of stake.
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EK Makes a very fine chain too

I have a fancy red EK on my fastest red 15

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