Cleaning inside the sprocket cover

Originally Posted by northwind

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

Mass centralisation

Originally Posted by Warren

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

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

No such luck for me, just lumps of filth under there which i then stood in and walked all over my carpet.

Did use parrafin and a toothbrush once i'd run out of brake cleaner but with the brake cleaner you can blast the gunge off from a distance.

Oh, and anyone doing this in future i'd suggest wearing gloves. I've scrubbed my hands 10 times now with a nail brush and there's still dirt under my nails.

Might be a stupid question, how easy is it to get the front sproket cover off?? Ive never done it and its on my list of things to do

Originally Posted by Marshall

Might be a stupid question, how easy is it to get the front sproket cover off?? Ive never done it and its on my list of things to do

Piece of ****. 3 bolts.

Three bolts (8mm i think) and you have to manouver (sp) around the gear linkage. Not very difficult.

[Viney]

Originally Posted by Marshall

Might be a stupid question, how easy is it to get the front sproket cover off?? Ive never done it and its on my list of things to do

A piece of pi** 3 8mm bolts. Unod bolts remove cover.

I cleaned mine out a while back and found a long reach 10mm socket in there that i had lost

You lot REALLY have too much time on your hands. I used to clean my bike about once every two weeks, not its about every 2 months, and a shower every week during the winter. Never don it any harm.

[pmapp]

3 bolts if I remember correctly (did mine 2 weeks ago).

And I too run a Scot Oiler (sp?) and they do cause a lot of mess.

Cheers guys

[Viney]

Originally Posted by pmapp

3 bolts if I remember correctly (did mine 2 weeks ago).

And I too run a Scot Oiler (sp?) and they do cause a lot of mess.

But the do the job that they are inted to do. You lot must have them up really high

Originally Posted by Viney

But the do the job that they are inted to do. You lot must have them up really high

I have mine set so that there is only a tiny amount of fling onto the rear wheel and that's far lower than the 1 - 2 drops per minute suggested by scottoiler.