Lube your chain

[Dafanshu]

Anyone use RP1 to lub your chain. $4.50 only... cheap cheap but dunno good or not.

Comments anyone

[stsoh]

any1 knows which motortaim sell this in singapore?

 

Ketten Max Chain Cleaner n Lub

 

KettenMax Video

[mao1905]

brothers,

 

i'm thinking of removing the chain and then soak it in degreaser until it's totally clean.

 

at the same time, can use some degreasers to clean the gears while the chain is off.

 

any suggestions?

 

and by the way, how to remove the chain ah?

 

Cheers!

[FrdAuZ]

WHat is O ring chain? Need special lub for O ring is it? HOw to check mine is O ring or normal chains

[sarge]

Originally posted by Firdaus@Jul 1 2005, 02:57 PM

WHat is O ring chain? Need special lub for O ring is it? HOw to check mine is O ring or normal chains

WHAT BIKE YOU RIDING? AND COLOR OF CHAIN?

[ultimax]

Originally posted by mao1905@May 28 2005, 04:21 AM

brothers,

 

i'm thinking of removing the chain and then soak it in degreaser until it's totally clean.

 

at the same time, can use some degreasers to clean the gears while the chain is off.

 

any suggestions?

 

and by the way, how to remove the chain ah?

 

Cheers!

I suggest you jack your bike up and clean the chain with a tooth brush and lots of diesel. Once you get all the grit and dirt off, wipe it down with a rag soaked in diesel, then lube.

[ultimax]

How to clean your chain

 

Setting the bike up (skip your bike has a centre stand)

 

1. Place a brick or a block of wood under the side-stand

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/sidestand.jpg

 

2. Place a car jack at the end of the swing arm on the right hand side of your bike. If you can't, look for another appropriate place. You'll want the point of contact to be as far back as possible.

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/jack1.jpg

 

3. Jack your bike up. The wheel should spin freely, but ground clearance should not be excessive.

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/jack2.jpg

 

4. Your chain will probably look like this, or even worse!

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/chain_before.jpg

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/chain_before2.jpg

 

5. This is what you'll need: Diesel or kerosene, a small bowl, and old tooth brush, and a rag. Fill the bowl up with diesel or kerosene and use the brush dipped in the solvent to clean your chain. This can be pretty messy, so protect the floor (if you care enough ahha) and wear old clothes when you do this. The bristles can fling dirty solvent onto you!

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/cleaning_equipment.jpg

 

Spin the wheel around as you scrub. Don't forget to clean the sprocket as well as the inside of the chain!

 

Your chain will look something like this after a while. Don't worry if looks even dirtier than before!

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/chain_during.jpg

 

After you've gotten most of the gritty dirty out with the toothbrush, use a rag to clean the rest of the muck up. Again, this will be pretty messy.

 

6. Washing the solvent off.

 

Hose the chain down with water. You can use a watering can or bucket too - those work quite well. The solvent will come right off, taking the dirt along with it!

 

Your chain should look like this after that:

 

http://www.unc.edu/~shu/how_to/chain_after.jpg

 

You're done!

 

7. Lubing

 

Wait for the chain to dry, ride your bike for about 10 mins, and jack the bike up again. Spray lube inside the chain, as well as outside.

 

http://www.canyonchasers.net/shop/generic/images/chain-lube.jpg

 

Don't use too much though. Less is sometimes more! Excess chain lube will be flung off.

 

Don't ride for at least a few ours. Parking it overnight is ideal and highly recommended!

[kirra55]

There is a lot of stuff written about chains, some of it accurate, some based on personal experience and some for profit. I had a talk with the Engineer at one company about chains recently as we are wrking on a project for a belt drive system for one manufacturer.

 

There is nothing wrong with using Engine oil, Gear Oil or any of the purpose made lubes for your chain, they all do the job. Its far more important that the chain be kept lubed, not be allowed to run 'dry'.

 

As for cleaning, dirt, dust, road grit and even worn bits of sprocket, chain, and swingarm chain rubbing block particles as well as alloy or steel from unguraded swingarms cause more wear and tear. Cleaning can be done with almost anything from fuel to diesel, soap and detergents to kero and purpose made 'chain wash'.

 

The main thing is that it be done well and of course safety is an issue with petrol. The orings should not be soured by using abrasive items such as wire bushes.

 

Virtually anything the average rider can get as a cleaner will NOT harm O-rings. They are ather tough little buggers as they have to operate in a ather hard envronment. Finally the O-ring is designed to keep grease or lube inside the roller between the plates. So if it keeps stuff IN it will also keep stuff OUT.

 

Which means that many people who thought they were doing such a great job of lubing their chains are often only coating the outside, rarely geting anything inside the rollers to the pins. This company has quite a few people providing real time feed back to them on the use of their chains, myself included.

 

We return our worn chains with a log of their use, the mileage and hours as well as servicing carried out. Interesting to see just how well these things do considering what we ask of them.

[TeePeePhobe]

Originally posted by kirra55@Jul 22 2005, 09:51 PM

There is a lot of stuff written about chains, some of it accurate, some based on personal experience and some for profit. I had a talk with the Engineer at one company about chains recently as we are wrking on a project for a belt drive system for one manufacturer.

 

There is nothing wrong with using Engine oil, Gear Oil or any of the purpose made lubes for your chain, they all do the job. Its far more important that the chain be kept lubed, not be allowed to run 'dry'.

 

As for cleaning, dirt, dust, road grit and even worn bits of sprocket, chain, and swingarm chain rubbing block particles as well as alloy or steel from unguraded swingarms cause more wear and tear. Cleaning can be done with almost anything from fuel to diesel, soap and detergents to kero and purpose made 'chain wash'.

 

The main thing is that it be done well and of course safety is an issue with petrol. The orings should not be soured by using abrasive items such as wire bushes.

 

Virtually anything the average rider can get as a cleaner will NOT harm O-rings. They are ather tough little buggers as they have to operate in a ather hard envronment. Finally the O-ring is designed to keep grease or lube inside the roller between the plates. So if it keeps stuff IN it will also keep stuff OUT.

 

Which means that many people who thought they were doing such a great job of lubing their chains are often only coating the outside, rarely geting anything inside the rollers to the pins. This company has quite a few people providing real time feed back to them on the use of their chains, myself included.

 

We return our worn chains with a log of their use, the mileage and hours as well as servicing carried out. Interesting to see just how well these things do considering what we ask of them.

Kirra55, may I ask what industrial application uses O ring chains and which manufacturer makes O ring chains in other than motorcycle applications? I am interested in this from a application point of view, as a mechanical engineer. i did my research on drive chains, no industrial application of O ring chains that I know of.

[PaiKia]

Thankx for the help on the Lubing of chains. I still think the WD-40 is a bad choice to use to lube. If its that good to lube, then the companies selling grease and lubes no business already..

[mattmed]

sori may i know where to buy kerosene

[Cow]

u can buy your kero at any diy shop. they selling at $1.50 per greenish bottle.

 

if u want to buy more then cheaper. go ubi industry they sell in those gallon silver can. i buy that one at $7 but got alot

[eviansg]

when i juz degrease the chain, is it safe to ride???

[sarge]

Originally posted by eviansg@Jul 29 2005, 03:27 AM

when i juz degrease the chain, is it safe to ride???

to warm it up, then to relube.

 

you shouldn't go for hard riding without relubing. your chain gets real hot very soon...

[sarge]

Originally posted by Project_GSXR@Jul 26 2005, 08:39 AM

Thankx for the help on the Lubing of chains. I still think the WD-40 is a bad choice to use to lube. If its that good to lube, then the companies selling grease and lubes no business already..

not to support any parties, but someone i know religously used wd40 as chain lube for more than 2 years on his busa..... he had no problems with the wear. but you must religously apply every 200kms...

[ArBokia]

is it ok to use different type of change lube??

[sarge]

Originally posted by ArBokia@Sep 3 2005, 08:25 PM

is it ok to use different type of change lube??

as long as your o-rings are not dried up.....

[ArBokia]

anyone use EO to lube? is it ok ? and how often to lube if use EO .. wat rating EO is the best for chain ?

[sarge]

Originally posted by ArBokia@Sep 15 2005, 07:49 PM

anyone use EO to lube? is it ok ? and how often to lube if use EO .. wat rating EO is the best for chain ?

As any chain would require relubrication every 200-300miles, I'd suggest you do the latter. You may wish to use the services of an oiler; namely scottoiler or other oilers. if you wanna use EO for manual applications, do just like mototiam lor. drip a generous amount on the chain, rag in hand. spin the wheel slowly. wipe off excess. ensure al parts of the chain has a thin coat.

[sarge]

as for rating, it doesnt matter so far....

[ozzarhomb]

hello guys i just bought a bottle of Putoline ceramic chain wax to use on my bike. anybody used it before? is it good?

i spray liao my whole chain is now blue in color! the wax is supposedly blue in color?

:confused:

[bobo_rider]

Originally posted by ozzarhomb@Sep 23 2005, 12:37 PM

hello guys i just bought a bottle of Putoline ceramic chain wax to use on my bike. anybody used it before? is it good?

i spray liao my whole chain is now blue in color! the wax is supposedly blue in color?

:confused:

i m using it now... bt mine is white color leh???

[ozzarhomb]

Originally posted by bobo_rider@Sep 23 2005, 01:03 PM

i m using it now... bt mine is white color leh???

is it got different version? mine is bought at LAB. at the bottom of the can it says (S specialized racing).

 

does urs say that also?

[niqyap]

madman's pink phantom's chain is light blue too! very interesting...he said it's the chain wax. yuan lai it's the putoline ceramic wax...

[ozzarhomb]

Originally posted by niqyap@Sep 23 2005, 05:13 PM

madman's pink phantom's chain is light blue too! very interesting...he said it's the chain wax. yuan lai it's the putoline ceramic wax...

yeah probably so. i forgot to put newspaper to cover my wheels this morning so my wheels and tyres is kinda blueish as well.

 

if they have different color to choose from good hor? haha:cheeky: