guide links appear ok but must be slightly bent despite this not being "visible" How to fix?

[cjdg]

 

Just had the chains referred to in a previous post repaired by a garden machinery specialist. the obvious to bent links have been fixed but the chap could not find the other defective ones despite my fixing tape on the links that were sticking in the bar round the sprocket    Paid for them to be professionally sharpened   Went back to put in the bar (now cleaned as advised on this forum) and Lo and Behold! still sticking.  Aaaargh   Took advice from a pro tree surgeon locally and he said when that happens to him he simply puts the chain in the saw and runs it hard to get it to fix itself ! 

 

There is a certain logic in this as the link has no VISIBLE bend or dink 

It may be that there is a machine that can measure this but for sure the operator will have to have good glasses!

Any comments on what to do?

[Haironyourchest]

Take a diamond file to the faces of the problematic drive links. Thin them a bit and try again. 

[kram]

Photo of the sticking links? They have no burrs? Measure the thickness with micrometer/vernier.

Lighty file them, a nomal flat file is adequate.

 

I have one to sort out, chain jumped off my 20T and a large number of drive links got mashed and need a lot of filing. Lucky I had a spare!

Edited April 10 by kram