Cleaning the chain

steveCBR11XX · 18 February 2009 09:08

As you is so good at it uncle will pop me bikes over for you to give them a good clean ok :D:D

westie690 · 18 February 2009 10:09

im gonna clean my tonight, should have done it last night!

steveCBR11XX · 18 February 2009 10:18

I really hope that ya chain you on about :w00t::w00t::w00t:

westie690 · 18 February 2009 10:19

oh ha ha Derek, how are you, ya old queen?

ChunkyMonkey · 18 February 2009 10:21

steveCBR11XX (18/02/2009)

ChunkyMonkey (17/02/2009)

The Sleeper (17/02/2009)

just seen this post and as my chain is caked.excuse me if this sounds stupid, but do you remove the chain then clean it, or do you just clean it whilst it’s on the bike?

You can do the job well enough with the chain in place. not worth the effort of splitting and re-rivetting it back together;)Parafin is perfectly safe to use on O Seal chains as the seals are made from Viton and as such are resistant to attack from most hydrocarbons.There’s been an agrument raging for many years as to whether WD-40 is safe too. I did quite a bit of digging on that one and never did get a diffinitive answer from any of the chain manufacturers. i prefer parafin myself though:cool:

As you is so good at it uncle will pop me bikes over for you to give them a good clean ok :D:D

I’ve got Bikerboy coming over for a bit of bike maintainance mentoring today, you’re welcome to join us if you like Steve?The Temple of Doom welcomes all;)

steveCBR11XX · 18 February 2009 18:20

you shoulda got westie over to help bikerboy with the lubing up you know what that old tarts like :D:D:D

been job hunting uncle without succes anything over your way ?

ChunkyMonkey · 18 February 2009 19:37

Come over tomorrow as we’re doing head bearings tomorrow, could do with a tea boy;)