|   I cleaned my chain but there's still some.... (x -post) | gspot
Dec 31, 2003 11:54 AM | | black gritty crap betweern all of the plates. I soaked it in simple green for a little while and then swished it all around. It came out relativley clean, but there's still crap in the plates. Do I try to clean it some more, in hopes that it will all go away, or just leave it be and relube?
thanks in advance |
| re: I cleaned my chain but there's still some.... (x -post) | Mr. Bob
Dec 31, 2003 1:47 PM | | Leaving some grit probably won't hurt but it's easy to get rid of. I soak my chains in simple green and then spray them clean with a hose using the fast narrow stream. It's easy (I hate scrubbing) and leaves my chains free of grit. |
| the "divorce" method is flawless... | JimC.
Dec 31, 2003 1:53 PM | | except for the possible divorce. If you have a SRAM chain, undo the quick link and hang it in the dishwasher and clean it in there, then just reinstall. If she isn't looking, slip in your cassette too. comes out like new. I also switched away form oil lubes as it attracts too much dirt. Pedro's Ice wax works best of me, but that just my. 02.
Jim |
| I'm going to take you up on that... | NASALaunch1
Jan 1, 2004 12:58 PM | | I'm going to take you up on that. Thanks for the post. The eternal quest for a cleaner chain goes on... |
| re: I cleaned my chain but there's still some.... (x -post) | MSClydesdale
Dec 31, 2003 5:16 PM | | My Christmas-present-to-self this year was one of those chian scrubber doohickeys (is that the technical name?): the Park Tools Cyclone, to be exact. I thought they were pretty gimmicky, but I gave this thing a whirl and was really amazed. It did a really thorough job of cleaning and was mess-free. Campmor.com has one for 20 bucks. |
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