Is my chain past it?

Pretty much im worried im going to have to replace my chain prematurely. The bike has been stood about 2 months without being ridden and was cleaned/lubed before i left it to sit. finally fixed the bike ready to be used today and noticed the chain is covered in rust everywhere and there are about 4 links seized at funny angles, so after sending 30mins trying to clean and they wont budge.

Any tips to un-seize them or will i ahve to buy a new chain??

cheers.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by arcdef

Pretty much im worried im going to have to replace my chain prematurely. The bike has been stood about 2 months without being ridden and was cleaned/lubed before i left it to sit. finally fixed the bike ready to be used today and noticed the chain is covered in rust everywhere and there are about 4 links seized at funny angles, so after sending 30mins trying to clean and they wont budge.

Any tips to un-seize them or will i ahve to buy a new chain??

cheers.

Your supposed to change your chain


Got a pic?

[dizzyblonde]

My old chain had a kinky link, tried everything to free it up, ended up getting a new one, and looking after it better

I personally would soak it in old engine oil, that should free it up. Then lube.

Originally Posted by Dave20046

Your supposed to change your chain


Got a pic?

i dont get what you mean.

a picture of one of the kinks:



you can see it half way along the bottom.

ill try the engine oil bit tomorrow, i have plenty of it lying around!

Cheers

Give it a go, nothing guarantee'd but worth a try!

that looks pretty bad! Have you tried using a bit of penetrating fluid, like WD40 (im gonna get flamed now)? I had a link that was similar to that, and a soak of WD40 got it out. And, I report, no damage to the chain.

My worry for you now is that you'll have "tight" spots in the chain...when its free'd up, check the chain sag all the way round (rotate the wheel and check that the sag is about the same all the way round).

and Dave20046...yea, they need changing...anything between 8000 miles (if you dont know what chain lube is) to 40,000 miles (maybe more, if you are a user of scottoilers or/and regular chain cleaning)

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Originally Posted by arcdef

i dont get what you mean.

He means that when a chain becomes completely knackered, like yours would appear to be......your supposed to change it.

That there looks like a snap waiting to happen.

yeah that was a month ago and since its gained alot more rust . Although alot of it seemed to clear after its clean today, just couldn't get those kinks out . Im hoping it can be saved as the sprockets are all dandy.

Get a new chain, definitely, if your ever unlucky enough to have one snap you'd never ever risk it.

Get a fresh one on there and use PJ1 Blue label - my old SV sat for ages and never rusted AND it actually doesn't come off onto the rear wheel

A chain snap can easily rip up through the body work, slice your ass cheek in half and generally ruin everything in a 2 foot radius!