Triumphrat

Geof3 · 08-11-2006

WD= water displacer... Not designed to truly "lube" anything. It is a great rust inhibitor, and also is good for breaking loose stuck bolts... as a general lube, especially an O- or X- ring chain... Not great... It dissipates too quickly with friction (read heat) and attracks major junk when freshly apllied...

R100Pilot · 08-11-2006

Clean with kerosene or WD-40 (a million and one uses and counting for that stuff). I happen to always have WD 40 around, and few uses for kerosene, so WD it is. Ride bike around the block a time or two to warm up the chain. Lube with KY... I mean PJ-1 or whatever you prefer. Let that sit for a bit to work its way in and then LIGHTLY go over it with a WD-soaked rag to get the excess sticky lube off.

Ride 500 miles and repeat.

zooplancton · 08-11-2006

on a side note, i read a post a while back about kerosene cleaning ("by an older wiser friend") and i'll tell you what, that stuff rips! i clean my entire bike with it. huge thumbs up for that stuff when cleaning.
-b

[ This message was edited by: zooplancton on 2006-08-11 14:20 ]

Speed3 · 08-11-2006

I read an interview with the president of PJ-1, and he said that WD-40 is not good for chains, as it gets past the o/x rings and flushes the grease out. kerosene is the best cleaner, from my experience.

tomstumble · 08-11-2006

I have been using nothing but wd 40 on my dirt bike chains for the last 10 years. O ring chains should not need heavy lubricants. I don't like anything waxy or sticky on my chains. IMO they do nothing but attract dirt. Spockets always seem to go before my chains.

Speed3 · 08-11-2006

Then try tis product. Dupont Teflon Multi Use Lubricant. I read a review of it on webbikeworld. They love the stuff. I bought a can, but haven't used it on my chain yet. I use it on the moving parts of my bicycles, etc. Should be good for the CA sand.

Scarpa · 08-12-2006

For general surface protection I've been using ACF-50 recently, it seems to work ok.

http://www.worldwideaviation.co.uk/M...les%20Main.htm

Goffe · 08-12-2006

Quote:

On 2006-08-12 06:02, Scarpa wrote:
For general surface protection I've been using ACF-50 recently, it seems to work ok.

http://www.worldwideaviation.co.uk/M...les%20Main.htm

Is it available in the USA?

Speed3 · 08-12-2006

A good Multi purpose protectant here in the US is MPPL. Smells good too.

ctrhenry · 08-12-2006

wd 40 is basically kerosene and parrafin , dissolved wax so to speak .

try this , spray it on some flat glass surface and leavi it in the sone , you will notice the residue the next day .

that being said , there are much better things out there for chains ,

i use a product called weatherproof , made by kano labs , the makers of kroil.

get it for free so i like it