wd40?
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2000 4:58 pm
im not sure WD40 is the best for lubing a chain. from
my bicycling days, we were always told that wd40
should not be used to lube chains because it isnt a
lubricant. its a solvent as far as i know and most
of it evaporates away. its good for cleaning stuff and
loosening frozen parts, but i dont even think it says
on the can that it lubricats. i could be wrong on this
one, but i just use lub specifically for motorcycle
chains, and this stuff is alot different then wd40....
dan
--- John Huber wrote:
________________________________________________________________________> 90W is what is used in rear ends of vehicles. I've > been using is and quite like it. It is quite > sticky, but it works. > John > A7 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: OJ Salinas > To: dan_iss@... ; klr_a7@... ; > monahanwb@... ; DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 3:21 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] KLR Chain Life > > > what else besides wd-40 do y'all use to lube your > chains? has anyone found > that something works better??? i need to slap some > goop on the chainoly but > not sure what to use.... i think the owners manual > says 90w???? whats up > with that and what is 90w??????? sounds like it > may slow me > down!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > oj > > > > > > > >From: dan shaw > >To: Conall O'Brien , > monahanwb@..., > >DSN_klr650@egroups.com > >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] KLR Chain Life > >Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 06:09:45 -0700 (PDT) > > > >yes, i agree, get a new chain and sprocket before > any > >long trip and put it on. you can always save the > old > >ones to use for around town later if its not > completly > >worn out yet, but having a chain or sprocket wear > out > >on the road is a BIG inconvenience. its hard to > find a > >place that has everything in stock, and it can be > >dangerous if you push it. > > > >for some reason my rear sprocket it always the > first > >part to show wear and i replace it around 10,000 > >miles. it seems by the time you can see the teath > >wearing, it just starts to go really fast from > >there... > > > >dan > > > >--- Conall O'Brien wrote: > > > > > > > > > Bill- > > > It's been a long time since I've used a > original > > > equipment KLR chain. I > > > would change it before your trip to Idaho, it > is an > > > endless chain requiring > > > you either cut it off or disassemble the rear > of the > > > bike to remove. I would > > > dare to say 16,000 miles is about all you > can get > > > from that chain. Having > > > a bad chain is about the worst thing to happen > on > > > the road, next to a bad > > > drive shaft.I think Dan Shaw will vouch for > that. > > > BTW KLR chain is 106 links. I use DID brand. > > > > > > Conall-happiness is fresh chain and sprockets. > > > > > > >From: monahanwb@... > > > >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > > > >Subject: [DSN_klr650] KLR Chain Life > > > >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 23:10:19 -0000 > > > > > > > >Sounds like a bondage magazine title, doesn't > it? > > > Or maybe a prison > > > >weekly? > > > > > > > >Well, I would like to know what mileage some > of > > > youse guys are > > > >getting out o' them chains o your'n (not > chains of > > > urine - a phonetic > > > >slip). The original, I mean. I've got > 16,000 > > > reasonably hard miles > > > >on mine, and I'm heading off the 5th of > August to > > > Idaho to ride > > > >around there again like I did last summer > (Nez > > > Perce Ride) and it > > > >seems just fine. Maybe Conall has some long > > > mileage on his? Or you > > > >udder guys? (no, not the moose, the Udder > Guys). > > > Some of you > > > >are "udder guys", right? > > > > > > > >Any way, mine doesn't show any slop when > pulled > > > from the rear > > > >sprocket, like Mr. T. says to do, and others, > and > > > it has all its O- > > > >rings and links and everything. I've always > sprayed > > > it with WD-40 to > > > >keep it clean, by the way. > > > > > > > >Wet Willie > > > >jes havin fun > > > > > > > >KLR 98 16,000 > > > >R1100RS 97 30,000 > > > >Jack Russell Terrier (low mileage) > > > >Chiwoggle (mileage unknown) > > > > > > > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail > at > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from > anywhere! > >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >
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