Chain Cleaning

Post by **Dave** » Mar 19th, '04, 12:52

What do you guys use for cleaning your chains

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What's good & what's not

What sort of results/problems have you had with different products

Dr Rich · Post by **Dr Rich** » Mar 19th, '04, 12:54

The SV dudes swear by parrafin. I use muc off and wd40. I use Castrol Wax after but it flings a bit. That 'dry' stuff is meant to be good. Im hoping this forum will be a refuge form the 'get a scotoiler brigade....'

clunk · Post by **clunk** » Mar 19th, '04, 13:12

Dr Rich wrote: Im hoping this forum will be a refuge form the 'get a scotoiler brigade....'

You can run but you can't hide......

Get a Scotoiler

You know it makes sense

AquaMan · Post by **AquaMan** » Mar 19th, '04, 13:30

With a GPZ I used to own, I would remove the chain and soak it in parrafin
then wipe of the muck and let it dry off for a bit. I had one of those tins of chain lube that you heated up on the cooker to make it fluid, then popped the chain into the tin let it soak for a while before hanging it up to let the excess run off. Then refit.
What a pallaver

But you knew the stuff had got into the right places.
Now I just use a can of degreaser and a stiff brush to clean it and a can of chain wax (usually Castrol) to lube.
Plus I have to clean all the spattered crap off the rear wheel afterwards

It's all a trial of lurve init

Akula · Post by **Akula** » Mar 19th, '04, 14:12

Another Paraffin fan here, cleaned mine for the first time 2 days ago with a paint brush and the amount of crap that came off was astounding, let it be for a couple of hours cleaned off the excess and sprayed it with some chain spray that i found in a hardware store.

Regards

Akula

aka Martin

ZX6R · Post by **ZX6R** » Mar 19th, '04, 18:42

Get a Scotoiler

Fit a scotoiler, and use chain lube/wax and you should be able to get 30,000 miles from 1 chain. well ok 34247 to be precise!!!!

MikeyBEU · Post by **MikeyBEU** » Mar 20th, '04, 20:50

Sorry Dr Rich I'm witht he other guys, get a scotoiler!!

I also use parafin (perhaps because my house runs on heating oil and I've got tons of the stuff just sitting there running my Aga!! Cleans it up nice (use a tooth brush) but it does make a mess of the garage floor!

Mike

Monkey · Post by **Monkey** » Mar 22nd, '04, 19:08

ZX6R wrote:
Get a Scotoiler
Fit a scotoiler, and use chain lube/wax and you should be able to get 30,000 miles from 1 chain. well ok 34247 to be precise!!!!

Surely the reason for fitting a Scotoiler is so you don't have to use any other wax/lube

Had someone get over 60k out of the chain on an SV:D

our friend Rictus. Not bloody bad I say!