Super Ultra Mega Clean

[rdnckjim]

Trying to clean all this chain lube, and other assorted grease from areas that my bike has been storing it in, chain cleaner is awesome but expensive in England. Anything else I can use to eat that stubborn grease but won't damage the bike?

 

[kromdom]

i use what the owner's manual recommends: kerosene. works great, safe on the chain and cheap!

 

[jch364]

i use what the owner's manual recommends: kerosene. works great, safe on the chain and cheap!

+1

 

[Fastfrog007]

Kerosene works well as others said, just make sure you don't try and Cheat and have the bike running in gear on the stands, good way to lose a finger....

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[meductic]

Kerosene works well as others said, just make sure you don't try and Cheat and have the bike running in gear on the stands, good way to lose a finger....

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That's the truth! Did that mistake when I was a kid with my dirt bike!

 

[rockethead]

ouch!

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

I use WD 40 or an equivalant on a rag

 

[kromdom]

good "scientific study" on the effects of various cleaners on O-rings (not a good outcome for WD-40)
PART II WD-40 O-ring exposure effect results - ADVrider

 

[twotonevert]

WD-40 or Kerosene.

 

[VFRcanada]

WD40 works great on the bike but don't use it on the chain.

 

[White-HotBusa]

Simple Green on the bike where the greese flings off but kerosene on the chain itself is what I use.

 

[dadofthree]

Dayum, all i've ever used is WD-40 and chain wax

 

[dadofthree]

good "scientific study" on the effects of various cleaners on O-rings (not a good outcome for WD-40)
PART II WD-40 O-ring exposure effect results - ADVrider

Not exactly a nationally recognized lab or method

 

[ogre]

brake cleaner works fantastic, but i've heard it's not great for the o rings in the chain.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

If you read my post, I said ON A RAG. I do not spray WD on the chain. I spray it on a rag and wipe the chain with it. Kerosene does the same thing as WD, it will dry out rubber.

What little is on the rag does not affect the O-rings any....

 

[Twist The Throttle]

If you read my post, I said ON A RAG. I do not spray WD on the chain. I spray it on a rag and wipe the chain with it. Kerosene does the same thing as WD, it will dry out rubber.

What little is on the rag does not affect the O-rings any....

Serious question.

Kerosene dries out the O-rings?

 

[kromdom]

Not exactly a nationally recognized lab or method

and I am pretty sure you know why I used quotation marks then.

 

[Ludicrous Speed]

ANY petroleum distillate will, eventually have a negative effect on rubber parts. Motor oil, gasoline, penetrating oil, kerosene, etc. UNLESS that rubber was designed to be in contact with those products.

That is why I just wipe it with a rag sprayed with the WD. As often as I cange chains, it would not matter anyway

 

[Twist The Throttle]

ANY petroleum distillate will, eventually have a negative effect on rubber parts. Motor oil, gasoline, penetrating oil, kerosene, etc. UNLESS that rubber was designed to be in contact with those products.

That is why I just wipe it with a rag sprayed with the WD. As often as I cange chains, it would not matter anyway

Good to know,

Thanks

 

[busa matt]

kero on the chain and lemon pledge everywhere else!