In all the engines I have pulled down over the years, the chains have never been out of spec's. I have only replaced one chain for a customer that had a broken tensioner plastic. We thought it best to replace it all when we where in the engine. Even that chain and gears were with in spec with 120k on the clock.
later Robbie
What was the cost of this job? I was just told 2500 for the exact same thing.