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Old Apr 3, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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Jeeeze, this doesn't have to be hard. Just take a box wrench, stick it up to the chain, mark the wrench handle, push it up all the way, mark it again, measure. The rounded head on the box wrench tucks in nicely on the chain and doesn't scoot around.
 
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