cleaning and lubing the chain...

[Dr.McNinja]

Time to bring this thread back from the depths of page 69. Another cleaning agent that you could use is good ole diesel.

This. Cheaper than Kerosene where I'm at and works just as good. In my experience it keeps pretty well without stabilizer too.

Which reminds me, I'm a few hundred overdue for a chain cleaning...

[twocool]

The active ingredient in WD 40 is very similar to kerosene....like one up or one down on the refining process....it has same basic properties as kero...wotks great....jstu you can buy kero for way cheaper and use more in bucket with brush.

Add lube all over for protection against dirt and corrosion.

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WD40 is pretty much just Stoddard Solvent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_spirit
Whenever I oil the outside of my chain, regardless of weather I want to or not, I still end up oiling the inside of my chain guard. So spaying the inside of the chain just minimizes the Lube Fling that I get anyway,  even when you just lube the inside of a chain, you are still putting more oil on it than the chain can retain. Chain lube is cheap and it doesn't hurt to soak them down, it's cheap insurance. I just try to keep the fling to a minimum, anything flying off the chain is excess in my book 

Most of the spray can chain lube out there is "anti fling"  I used to use 90 w gear oil on my honday...the really flings.....Now I use honda chain lube and fling is minimal, and I pur it on heavy...all over chain, and on outside of links...let is sit and "harden up" to gel, and minimal fling.

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[twocool]

stoddard solvent = (brand name)"varsol" = paint thinner, similar to kerosene.

Before WW II my dad worked for paint company.  When he was in the war, and gasoline was rashioned, my family got Varsol, from the paint company to run their cars!  Didn't run well, but they went wherever they wanted to and didn't have to worry about ration!

WD 40 is better as a cleaner, than as a lube.   Too light of an "oil" for heavy duty lube as in chain.

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