Chain cleaning site/technique

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I found this site -- that shows a good way to clean and maintain your chain.  Take a look:

http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

[Rex Schimmer]

Slim,

That looks to me to be the defination of "Anal Retentive"!!! I think that I'll stick with my old way.

BTW, I check the wear on my chain by laying it out on the shop floor and "compressing" it length wise until all of the slack is gone and then mark the end of the chain on the floor and then "stretch" it out to take up all of the slack in the tension direction and if the stretch is more than the length of one chain link I go to a new chain. Anybody else so something like this? Now this was on my old desert racing dirt bikes so I am not sure if it applies to B'ville or street bikes, but it made sense to me.

Rex

[Dean Los Angeles]

Is that funny or what!

Better idea:

Step 1. Install new chain.

Step 2. Run new chain.

Step3. Repeat as necessary.

The stretch/compression method is still too much work. If you take a new chain and lay it on the floor sideways you can pick it up like a stick. The new chain will have a small bow in it that indicates the plate/link clearance. A worn out chain will droop a ton.

The chain should be checked by flexing every link. There should be zero friction. If the link won't bend easy, that's horsepower down the drain. If you are running an o-ring chain it isn't going to bend as easy as a non o-ring chain. If it won't bend at all, replace it.

[rockstar]

The guy holding tha pushbike wheel looks to me as if he has been to near the cleaning solvent for way to long

[Dr Goggles]

" This can't be serious" I thought...there's the guy with the bike wheel , the cigarette and the "Right To Bear Arms" shirt ( I mean , he's got a head like a bear why shouldn't he be able to have bear arms..?)....then I started to wonder , then I clicked a few links ...read a bit more on their own web-pages......found references to "Morris dancing" , ahem , and Star Trek........ I must have been bored to do that......but I think ....them's as serious as a heart-attack!!!!!!!!!!!

Sram Deluxe Kit $249.95 buy button
Baic Kit Includes:

    * Park CT-3 Professional Chain Tool
    * Shelbroconol Pre-soak
    * Shelbrothane Cleaning Solvent
    * Deakinol Rinsing Solvent
    * Phil Wood green grease
    * Deakins White RollerGrease
    * Cotton Swabs
    * Pipe Cleaners
    * 57 Sram Power Links

      Note, if you use this option, you don't need to clean the outer links or chain pins, because these are replaced by the Power Links (cost $102.60

I couldn't find a bike chain ( during a quick google) that cost over $120....but i'd bet they're high quality pipe cleaners ,what they need to include in their kit is an alarm clock

[PJQ]

 
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