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Chain Cleaning
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 12:52
by Dave
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
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 12:54
by Dr Rich
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....'
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 13:12
by clunk
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
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 13:30
by AquaMan
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
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 14:12
by Akula
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
Posted: Mar 19th, '04, 18:42
by ZX6R
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!!!!
Posted: Mar 20th, '04, 20:50
by MikeyBEU
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
Posted: Mar 22nd, '04, 19:08
by Monkey
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!
