http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345397 (http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345397)
He tests Suzuki chain orings (new ones) with exposures to various fluids people use to clean chains.
WD40, gas, kerosene, chain lube, carb cleaner, brake fluid, etc etc
It's a very good exposure test design.
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Great post Ducatiz.
I clean my chains overnight in ATF. I suspect it is pretty benign to seals and orings, but I've never tested it like you.
Gosh, good thing my DCOEs have fiber gaskets!
Quote from: battlecry on January 30, 2010, 11:49:59 AM
Great post Ducatiz.
I clean my chains overnight in ATF. I suspect it is pretty benign to seals and orings, but I've never tested it like you.
Gosh, good thing my DCOEs have fiber gaskets!
ITS NOT MY TEST! I just found it while lurking on advrider.
I'd like to see one on the effects on grease, but that might be much harder to do for a home-tester. It certainly puts to rest the criticisms about WD40, but I was shocked to see the effect on them by kerosene. Carb cleaner and gas, hell yeah, but I thought kerosene would be more benign. I wish he'd tested diesel too that's another fav.
Great find. Thanks for sharing 'tiz. I need to lurk more on ADV. Obviously keep that carb clean the hell away from your orings... jebus.
Awesome! Glad I use WD-40 for my chain cleaning...
check out bean clean.
its biodegradable, dissolves in water, smells like hamburgers if you forget to wash it off, and is safe for rubbers such as o rings.
Specifically designed to clean moto chains that use orings, but good for many other things.
isn't WD40 mostly kerosene?
and which is better, orings swelling or shrinking?
Quote from: ducatiz on January 30, 2010, 11:51:42 AM
I thought kerosene would be more benign.
The change is size was only 0.001" on cross section dia and 0.005" on the OD. I would say that's a negligible change.
duh..
i misread the chart in my haste and saw the gasoline numbers..
kerosene looks just fine.
I still wonder about the long terms effects of using WD40 as a cleaner and lube. And about how using WD40 as a cleaner followed by Chain Wax affects the ability of the chain wax to stick. I also wonder why Faceman had such a stupid paintjob on his Corvette while the kinda-similar A-Team van paintjob rocked my world.
Interesting 'lil study. Thanks for posting.
Great posting!!! I am a WD-40 user just to clean the chain. I use an o-ring safe chain lubricant for lubing it. Chains last a long time for me.