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<blockquote data-quote="cleonard" data-source="post: 46832" data-attributes="member: 21"><p>Chain lube... What a topic. Agent2 is right, but I'll jump in anyhow.</p><p></p><p>First it really matters what kind of chain you use. A ring type chain has completely different set of requirements than a non ring chain.</p><p></p><p>For the most part you are only really lubing a non ring chain. I run one of those on my street bike. I use the typical gooey oil in a spray can lube between real cleanings. Every few months I remove the chain and clean with paint thinner. I do a couple of rounds until all of the crud is out from the pins. I then dry it until all the solvent is gone. I dunk it in a brew of grease dissolved in naphtha. A final hang a dry followed by a wipe down and the chain is ready to reinstall. The chain is now lubed in a way that you can't do with oil in a can. </p><p></p><p>From an engineering perspective a ring style chain isn't really lubed except for the exposed elastomeric ring to metal contact. On the bulk of the exposed metal you are just trying to prevent rust and corrosion. I've been using the chain wax for that and it works OK for the non moving parts. The wax does get stripped from the surfaces that make contact so it doesn't prevent rust there unless you reapply immediately after a ride. It seems to do OK on the ring to metal contact. I agree that it is messy and really hard to clean from the chain. I might have to give one of those dry film type of lubes a try.</p><p></p><p>The bottom line is that today's current ringed chains will give decent life almost no matter what you do even if you don't use any lube at all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleonard, post: 46832, member: 21"] Chain lube... What a topic. Agent2 is right, but I'll jump in anyhow. First it really matters what kind of chain you use. A ring type chain has completely different set of requirements than a non ring chain. For the most part you are only really lubing a non ring chain. I run one of those on my street bike. I use the typical gooey oil in a spray can lube between real cleanings. Every few months I remove the chain and clean with paint thinner. I do a couple of rounds until all of the crud is out from the pins. I then dry it until all the solvent is gone. I dunk it in a brew of grease dissolved in naphtha. A final hang a dry followed by a wipe down and the chain is ready to reinstall. The chain is now lubed in a way that you can't do with oil in a can. From an engineering perspective a ring style chain isn't really lubed except for the exposed elastomeric ring to metal contact. On the bulk of the exposed metal you are just trying to prevent rust and corrosion. I've been using the chain wax for that and it works OK for the non moving parts. The wax does get stripped from the surfaces that make contact so it doesn't prevent rust there unless you reapply immediately after a ride. It seems to do OK on the ring to metal contact. I agree that it is messy and really hard to clean from the chain. I might have to give one of those dry film type of lubes a try. The bottom line is that today's current ringed chains will give decent life almost no matter what you do even if you don't use any lube at all. [/QUOTE]
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