Scottoiler position

No, no, no. The dispenser tube needs to lightly contact the sprocket otherwise the oil is blown away in the airstream. It's how the whole thing works by centrifuging the oil off the sprocket onto the chain.

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Originally Posted by Rocket

No, no, no. The dispenser tube needs to lightly contact the sprocket otherwise the oil is blown away in the airstream. It's how the whole thing works by centrifuging the oil off the sprocket onto the chain.

I meant a few mill from the chain, not the sprocket!

Thanks for your pick up on this. I must stop replying late at night!

Originally Posted by Rocket

The dispenser tube needs to lightly contact the sprocket otherwise the oil is blown away in the airstream. It's how the whole thing works by centrifuging the oil off the sprocket onto the chain.

The dispensing nib on my scotoiler is under 1mm from the sprocket, but not touching. Its a thin plastic, surely it would just wear away?

Originally Posted by Aidan

The dispensing nib on my scotoiler is under 1mm from the sprocket, but not touching. Its a thin plastic, surely it would just wear away?

It'll only wear away a tiny bit..

and don't worry about mucky back wheels, mines filthy but it doesn't get on the tyre!

I had issues with the positioning of the Scotoiler nib and tried a number of positions all with poor results until I connected it to the rear bobbins.

See pics below. This works fine and haven't had any issues

Is there another way to route the tube without the cable ties? It may be that I'm obsessed with tidiness but having all those cable ties on the swing arm makes it look very amateurish.

You could try adhesive backed cable tidies from your local hardware. Alternatively if you do not mind running 3 or 4 self tappers (or better yet, Al rivets with zero steel content to reduce the chance of corrosion problems) into the swing arm you could use some of those little single screw saddles (wanting for a better description).

Originally Posted by maxinc

Is there another way to route the tube without the cable ties? It may be that I'm obsessed with tidiness but having all those cable ties on the swing arm makes it look very amateurish.

have you done a search? i seem to recall someone running a very clean line along the bottom of the swingarm with the reservoir positioned somewhere 'internal'? there were photos...

or maybe you could just glue the delivery tube to the upper surface, run it on the backside of the swingarm (pretty close to the chain back there) glued in place as well, then you're good to go along the bottom. no zipties that way...

I used a swingarm bobbin and the plate that comes with the kit.