Cleaning inside the sprocket cover
 

It's a very dirty job. I managed to use an entire can of brake cleaner disposing of nearly 18k miles of scum. I've got a scotoiler now so I can't understand why so much filth builds up even though the chain and sprocket is nice and shiny.
Maybe I should PM Kwakzzr, he's bound to keep his spotless.

That filth is scottoiler fling, most likely...

i tend to take my front sprocket cover off every couple of thousand miles and cean all the gunk and sh"!t off the front sprock.
you'll be amazed at how quickly it masses as it dont just tend to be gunk that gets stuck on it ive found that loads of tiny bits of gravel and stone which surly must have some kind of damaging affect on the whole of the chain :?

i use wd40 and yes its clean as a whistle :roll:

Sorry - it dirt evil?

Inside the cover? Isn't that deliberately dirty to help really pee you off when you adjust the clutch?



Says the man who gets his bike proffessionally valeted every week!

Outa sight Outa mind. :lol:

yea but dont it bug you knowing its there :lol:

Kerosene
 

Kerosene, or lamp oil, what you folks what talks funny call parrafin. That's the fastest and best cleaner for chain, sprockets, wheels, and anywhere else chain fling ends up.

Just leave it, once there's a couple of kilos in there it'll drop off by itself :)

last year, doing my annual sprocket cover, i found a pound coin in there :)

use parafin, much better at the job than brake cleaner.