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My local Yammie dealer, who races and whose opinion I've come to respect, reckons that kero can swell the O/X rings and advises against using it. He just wipes his chain plates with a rag and if they're really gunged up adds a few drops of diswashing liquid to the rag. Following this routine with a light spray lube every 500km gave me 40,000km out of my last chain.
WD40 has solvents and can penetrate the rings and do damage to the grease inside.
The best treatment is prevention. A light spray is all that is needed and no spray on the outside plates. A mate reckons that all that needs a bit of lube is where the sprocket teeth meet the rollers and he just gives a short spray on less than a quadrant of chain/sprocket when they're hot.
[ This message was edited by: ST-ern on 2006-06-15 17:20 ]
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