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Offline Voodoochikin04

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How to clean a new chain?
« on: February 17, 2010, 10:03:37 PM »
so how do i go about cleaning all that sticky gooey white grease crap off of my new chain so i can use my krause lube?
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #1 on: February 18, 2010, 02:30:52 AM »
Carbie cleaner, or a mix of diesel and kero, degreaser, just be careful if it has rubber O rings you might not want to use the carbie cleaner. :o
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2010, 06:11:48 AM »
Leave it on and use it. Then clean it and relube.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #3 on: February 18, 2010, 07:02:28 AM »
ok leave it on there.. it will sorta get flung everywhere, then how do i clean it.. lol its thick nasty goo...  and yes oring chain...
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #4 on: February 18, 2010, 07:28:22 AM »
alot of it will come off on it's own and ya all over everything unless you have a chain guard! after that clean it up as best as you can, I like to just spray it down with a can of wd40 then re-coat it with good lube while it's still on the sprockets!
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2010, 08:22:26 AM »
After you run it ,clean it with brake cleaner. Brake cleaner will not harm the o rings. Then use your fancy ass lube stuff. I assume it needs a clean ,non-oily surface.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2010, 08:23:17 AM »
Oh and ,we know how gooey and messy the stuff is.  ;D ;D
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2010, 11:14:36 AM »
fancy ass lube? lol people who have used it that i know, love the stuff..  so i got it too.   


funny, because everything i have read has said do not use wd40 on oring chains,  same thing goes for any corrosive, or solevent on oring chains....
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2010, 12:40:47 PM »
To clean the lube off it I put it on the bike and run it for a couple hundred miles. It's usually all gone by then.  ;D  For re-lubingg I wash it down with WD. After it drys for a while I coat it with Maxima chain wax.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #9 on: February 18, 2010, 01:08:06 PM »
WD-40  CAN swell the rings but I'd not worry about it,you aren't going to leave it soaked with it.. I would tho go to a non oily surface for any of the DFL(dry film lube)  stuff tho. It'll stay on much longer then.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #10 on: February 18, 2010, 01:26:09 PM »
ok thanks for the info.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #11 on: February 18, 2010, 01:28:46 PM »
Quote from: masterfabr on February 18, 2010, 01:08:06 PM
WD-40  CAN swell the rings but I'd not worry about it,you aren't going to leave it soaked with it.. I would tho go to a non oily surface for any of the DFL(dry film lube)  stuff tho. It'll stay on much longer then.

fabbr I did not know this! 

I have never soaked one in wd just used it to wash the crud off before I wiped it down and coated with with a dry lube.

 I did come across a chain lubricant once that I really liked, it sprayed on white then turned kind of a purplish color as it hardened into a wax like substance. a little pricy but didn't sling off and sand didn't seem to stick to it. I would coat my chain before the trip and not again for a short time after returning home and hitting the dirt! I used it on heims as well and other stuff till it was gone, I threw the can away but when I went back to get another can they didn't carry it anymore.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #12 on: February 18, 2010, 01:41:03 PM »
Personally haven't used the hard way types but the moly DFL does a pretty good job reducing chain temps. I'd apply it once a day. I've heard the wax types are more durable.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #13 on: February 19, 2010, 07:54:41 AM »
Quote from: BDKW1 on February 18, 2010, 12:40:47 PM
To clean the lube off it I put it on the bike and run it for a couple hundred miles. It's usually all gone by then.  ;D  For re-lubingg I wash it down with WD. After it drys for a while I coat it with Maxima chain wax.

I'm with you BDKW1, I only use Maxima chain wax... I have for years with much success and will continue to use it. 

I used an infrared temp gun on my chain at the track with a couple of different lubes and it kept the temps down with out all of the dirt adhesion, which will prematurely wear your chains and sprockets.
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Re: How to clean a new chain?
« Reply #14 on: February 19, 2010, 08:37:20 AM »
heres what i got.  only have heard great things about it.

lube
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