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grh1904 09-01-09 04:26 PM

Chain Cleaners.
 
I'm thinking of getting one of these to keep the ole chain clean, just wondering if any orgers have tried it, whatyou think of it, would you consider it??????

http://www.motrax.co.uk/index.php?pa...product_id=873

New Leaf 10-01-09 09:12 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
40 notes for something to clean the chain? Spend the dosh on something else and clean the chain with some parafin on a rag.

DarrenSV650S 10-01-09 09:15 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
It's definitely worth it. Cleans it a lot better than you could by hand and is ten times quicker and ten times easier. It's a good investment

kwak zzr 10-01-09 09:21 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
wd40 and a rag for me.

DarrenSV650S 10-01-09 09:22 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
wd40? Eats the O rings

kwak zzr 10-01-09 09:24 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
i just spray it on a rag and wipe the side plates to keep the chain looking healty, i aint had a chain fail in 15 years.

Alpinestarhero 11-01-09 03:12 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by DarrenSV650S (Post 1740648)
wd40? Eats the O rings

My dad has only ever used WD40 aswell, and his chains last quite a while (25,000 miles). He just rubs the chain with a rag. But then he;s a fair-weather biker, so dosn't need the deep cleaning action of paraffin in the same way his all-weather biking son (me) does. Plus he uses wurth chain lube, I use gunky, messy stuff.

Actualy, you know what, im gonna conduct an experiment this week. Get some rubber tubing (we got plenty at uni) and leave some in paraffin and some in WD40 at the back of my fume hood. See what happens.

DarrenSV650S 11-01-09 06:02 PM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
I'm not going by experience. That's just what everyone has ever told me about chain cleaning so I never used it

BanannaMan 12-01-09 05:03 AM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
Been using WD-40 and a rag for 20+ years, never had a problem.

Clean between the plates as well.
Cleanest chain around in about 20 mins. :cool:

kwak zzr 12-01-09 09:18 AM

Re: Chain Cleaners.
 
wd40 to the best of my knowledge never hurt anything, its a great cleaner.


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