Q trac chain.uuuug!!!

I just replaced the chain on my Q trac. Twice! that stupid spring loaded ball from the vacuume selector rod popped out and into the case.

[Langdon]

Hey Rudy,
In the near future I'm thinking of replacing my chain. Where did you get yours, and how much (if I may ask). I saw one in JCWhitney for $119; it says it meets OEM specs but I'm a little leery of getting a piece of junk.

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Langdon
'79 Cherokee (PO)S
360 2bbl, TH400, Q-Trac

[mark]

rudy
i did the same thing a while back!i had a spare case so i took the ball from that.it spun free and i never had a problem.i thought inly i could have done that!

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mark
79 cherokee chief
11 in lift 42 in swampers
(ABOVE THE LAW)

I paid like $160 or so for a real borg warner - morse chain.
I saw the whitney one too but i wouldn't even think about it. The person who sold me my Wagoneer rebuilt the case LESS than two years before i bought in in las vegas. two months after i bought it the sucker exploded on the fast lane of the freeway and locked up solid. i later found the receipt and called the shop bthat did the work. the guy said thats the chain the custumer wanted since he was going to sell it anyways. stay away from cheap chains!!!! for $40.00 more get the morse B-W unit.

I got it from a local gear shop that does what we are too afraid to do ourselves.
If you can't find one close to that price let me know.
Also Mile marker sells chains but I haven't had any experience with those.

You don't want the Milemarker chain. I got one of those. When I opened the t-case up and compared the Milemarker chain to the original chain, I put the Milemarker back in the box and returned it. After that I special ordered a Borg-Warner/Morse chain. The Borg-Warner chain was identical to the factory chain. The Milemarker chain was a low quality replacement.

If you look at the Borg-Warner chain you will notice that every link is staggered to keep bending of the pins to a minimum. While, the Milemarker and presumably the rest of the "cheap" chains double-up every link. This is cheaper to make, but it also doubles the bending moment on the pins thereby causing them to stretch, if not outright break.

If you haven't seen both types of chain, another way to tell the differnce is that you can not fold or "roll up" a Borg-Warner chain, while you can roll the generic chains up into a ball.

Like Rudy said, avoid generic chains.

[fulsizjeep]

I remember when a Morse chain cost $80 and that is in THIS century. <sigh> I think it was at Mile High Jeep in Denver we bought one at that price.

[Ristow]

bored this morning,flint?

[fulsizjeep]

...and the rest is history

[Pair O 79 J10]

Talk about an old thread, but still relevant today. Since this thread has been resuscitated...Does anyone have "anything" to say about the "NEW" and improved Crown chain? I see BJ's says it has a 1 year warranty, of course the warranty could be one of those warranties were your only recourse is to get another inferior chain to replace the the one under warranty that just failed.

In other words every year it's new chain time... I sure hope that is not the case, but I have neither heard or read of anyone having any actual in service data to report. So again does anyone have anything to say about the "new" chain?

[Ristow]

chinese crap.

[Pair O 79 J10]

Originally Posted by Ristow

chinese crap.

No no no...lol...I wasn't looking for opinion..lol...I was looking for someone that is actually taking a gamble and is running this "new and improved" chain in their Q trac...

[Shamrox]

I'll be running one as soon as I get it rebuilt. "New" one sitting on work bench...

[Pair O 79 J10]

I'll be very interested to hear anything you have to say concerning the "NEW" chain.I recently acquired the actual chain tension tool, to check the serviceability of the chain. Funny thing was the screwdriver test showed the chain was worn out, while the actual tool, showed it to still be serviceable, you see the "tool" is spring loaded and properly tensions the chain to determine wear. Since it isn't jumping teeth yet I'm going to run it some more. But a "new" chain will be in order soon.

[MadMax78]

Can you take a few pics of each chain once you get them side by side (and post them here) so we can see the difference in the two?