Knocking noise @ chain?

[yorkie_chris]

WD40 will do for cleaning it, it's mostly kerosene anyway.

[jambo]

Paraffin, paraffin, cheaper than WD40 and a useful cleaning agent for all mucky bits of your bike.

Make sure the teeth on the front sprocket don't look like hooks while you're at it.

Originally Posted by skyline

Ooop forgot to ask something, what's a good way of getting all the crud out of the front sprocket area?

Just seen a youtube vid of somone spraying wd40 all over the prockets/chain but wd40's not good for the chain is it?

Cheers again

Before you use any spray or whatever on it, get an old table knife or lolly stick etc and scrape off the really thick lumps. Wear protective gloves and have loads of cleaning rag around. Once the thick stuff is off use an old paint brush and paraffin to degrease what's left. Finally a good spray with chain and brake cleaner will have it looking like new.

can you clean the chain with meths or white spirit or does it have to be parafin? cheers

[steveg]

I had the same problem , my IRIS chain was making a right knocking noise , I cleaned with parafin & checked for sezied links which was fine , however still making a right noise . Unfortunatley had to use the bike making this noise on NW3 weekend (500 miles) which was not great !

Took bike back to garage who fitted chain & got them to check it out & they said the chain was worn out , I said that I was not happy with 8k out of C&S ( Scotoilered) they supplied & fitted a Tsubaki gold x ring for 20 quid ( extra cost on original iris kit) , which I thought was great service .

Bike is silky smooth & no noise now

Good luck getting it sorted

Cheers Steve

[yorkie_chris]

White spirit should be fine IMO, the turpentine substitute stuff seems pretty similar to parrafin to me.

Meths however I wouldn't use, it's a much more volatile solvent which could possibly damage the O rings

Nice one

Cheers for your help everyone!

Just one more question I promise...

Does the chain have to be warm after a ride when you do the cleaning/lubing or is it ok when it's cold?

[yorkie_chris]

Better to do it warm, but won't hurt it doing it cold