Argo chain replacement

[Gravydavy]

I am new to the group and have been reading about replacement chain options. Are diamond chains a good replacement option on my 1982 Argo? 50-2 ten feet for $83.

[Craig_B]

Probably not the best quality but I bought mine on Amazon.
10 feet for $30.00

[john swenson]

i just bought all new chain for my max 2. it was from u.s.a. roller chain co. .....i bought diamond chain. i told the rep i did'nt want any made in japan or china like you get at tractor supply type stores. i wanted american made. he has been in the chain buisness a long time and said there is no chain made in the u.s.a anymore. it's all made overseas and assembled in u.s.a. by the chain co.s...but the chain is made to the specs of the chain co.s specs. kind of interesting. he said diamond was one of the best. a 10 ft. box of no. 60 at tractor supply or rural king was about $ 30.00. the diamond at u.s.a. chain was almost $ 80.00 . anyway i thought i would share that and see what others have found out. johnboy va.

[Coast2Coast]

I would go with tsubaki or diamond chains. I replaced all the chains in my conquest with some cheapo chain from ebay, saved a couple hundred bucks but within about 40 hours they were worn as much as the ones I replaced. I have 110 hours on my hdi on the original chains and none of them have worn enough to even engage the first tooth on the chain tensioners. So goes to show the difference in quality...

[ARGOJIM]

i just bought all new chain for my max 2. it was from u.s.a. roller chain co. .....i bought diamond chain. i told the rep i did'nt want any made in japan or china like you get at tractor supply type stores. i wanted american made. he has been in the chain buisness a long time and said there is no chain made in the u.s.a anymore. it's all made overseas and assembled in u.s.a. by the chain co.s...but the chain is made to the specs of the chain co.s specs. kind of interesting. he said diamond was one of the best. a 10 ft. box of no. 60 at tractor supply or rural king was about $ 30.00. the diamond at u.s.a. chain was almost $ 80.00 . anyway i thought i would share that and see what others have found out. johnboy va.

Diamond is good chain, I do know they 3 have different classes of chain with the cheapest Chinese chain being sapphire. Japanese brand chain is also good however a Japanese company like Tsubaki sells quality chain and different strength chain also like the Chinese chain Sapphire ( sorry that is Diamond brand) which is usually 1/2 to 1/3 third the price and last 1/3 the time.

If you find a chain on say ebay, pull up the mfrs specs on it and check the hour life of it and the tensile ( breaking) strength of it. Single 50 or 60 about 8900-9500 is good ( 4500 is no good for us), 50-2 will be about 13,500 give or take depending on brand.

[john swenson]

good info jim !! j.b.

[plumb1er]

Hi, I'm new to this site but I've been doing a lot of snooping and replace my chain on a 1984 argo 8x8 I/C. 30 feet of Tsubaki and 2 feet of HKK. (all RS50-2). The HKK is measurably smaller on link height but same as Tsubaki on link plate thickness. Look on eBay but don't be in a hurry, look at descriptions and pictures. One site advertised rs50-2 but showed a picture of single strand, I asked them to check and it was miss identified on description. I've seen some people say that there maybe some lesser Quality Tsubaki made in China so try to look at pictures for the made in Japan on box or stamped in link. Lot's of good info on this site, Good luck.