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Re: How NOT to clean your chain Warning VERY Graphic
Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:51 pm
by robracer
Dude dont use WD40 ..... it will penetrate the o rings & eat out the lubricant you desperately need to keep in there
Re: How NOT to clean your chain Warning VERY Graphic
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:27 pm
by mick_dundee
Kero is the preferred cleaning substance for chains, get a brush and paint liberally, give it a rinse with a hose when done, let it run for a bit and re-lube, reminds me might have to do that come Monday, after I get my new rear tire on, got a flat today for the first time ever
Owned 2 motorbike puncture kits once upon a time, never had to use em, now NFI where they are..
Re: How NOT to clean your chain Warning VERY Graphic
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:32 pm
by Zegerman
Thanks for the tip Robracer; this forum is great for new riders like myself
Re: How NOT to clean your chain Warning VERY Graphic
Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:51 pm
by robracer
Zegerman wrote:Thanks for the tip Robracer; this forum is great for new riders like myself
Mate hang around, you aint seen nothing yet
Re: How NOT to clean your chain Warning VERY Graphic
Posted: Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:58 pm
by tim
About a week into riding I met a guy with the same bike as mine at the shops after work.
We struck up a conversation, and couldn't help but notice his thumb was wrecked and sewn back together. He had no nail, thumb was shorter than it should be with a fresh scar in a big y-shape from the top down.
I asked him what happened, and it was EXACTLY this!
Needless to say I never cleaned my chain like that.