cleaning the shock

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Aerosol can of brake cleaner (I actually have a 5 litre can of it and top up a pump up spray bottle) and just watch the muck fall off the bottom link - works for me.

Cool thats handy to know I'll give that go next time I give the GSXR a clean.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Spikenipple

Hose the area down, spray Muc-Off on the shock, leave it for a few minutes and it'll all just rinse off.

Degreasing where bearings live seems like a really silly idea to me.

I use the brush you get with loreal colour experte hair dye, for doing the highlights.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Degreasing where bearings live seems like a really silly idea to me.

Mine get stripped and regreased every couple of months anyway, so that's not really a bother. I'm seriuosly thinking of fitting some grease nipples on all the linkages to save the hassle of stripping them down.

Originally Posted by Bibio

one of these....

http://www.legendcookshop.co.uk/erol.html?7848x8084

not this exact one mind you its an old bottle brush from mothercare that was lying around from when the kids were nippers

Thanks good idea.

Originally Posted by Spikenipple

Hose the area down, spray Muc-Off on the shock, leave it for a few minutes and it'll all just rinse off.

Muc-off cleans oil? Didn't think so.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Fit a hugger and you'll reduce the amount of crap that gets onto the shock to about 10% of what it was.

I have a hugger and a fender extender. It's the oil which is still on there from before I had the hugger.

Originally Posted by shonadoll

I use the brush you get with loreal colour experte hair dye, for doing the highlights.

Obviously been buying the wrong hair dye LOL. Think it's a trip to the cooking shop for me.

The ONLY way to properly clean anything is to take it apart ...
borrow a paddock stand, get some wood and make up a stand

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=119567

Then take it all off - degrease, clean, regrease and polish all relevant parts ( dog bones polish up rather nicely ) then replace cleaned parts etc.

Job done

Well ..... that's how I do it ... but I am a bit fussy.

Nana

I commute on my bike lol. Cleaning the dogbones, unreal.