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What degreaser do you use for your chain because mines caked in gloopy old lube and I bought a degreaser but its not shifting it! Any suggestions for a good one please?
I use Deb Jizer. Works out pretty cheap in a 5 litre tin. Shifts anything
Fenwicks FS-1
When its really grim I use a powerlink and a plastic milk bottle. take chain off, whack it in bottle with a dilute degreaser mix and give it a good shake for a minute or three. Gets the grit out of the inside of the chain, not just the stuff off the outside like many chain cleaning gadgets.
replace with clean water for a rinse cycle 🙂 then re-fit, blast with water dispersant (wd40/gt85 etc then relube). Sounds more hassle than it is, but probably only an occasional 5 minute job.
And +! for Fenwicks FS1 (concentrate), I swear by the stuff and in diluted form use it as a pre-wash spray on my cycles and motorbikes. Brilliant at getting rid of bugsplats.
Jamjar full of petrol for a quick soak and shake around. It's probably terrible for the chain but it's served me well so far. Got the idea from a co-rider who uses diesel sometimes.
If degreaser's not working, try white spirit. I use a wax on my chain, Jizer won't touch it, but white spirit breaks it down easily.
thanks for your replies, looks like I'll have to get a chain splitter and use that method cos its caked!
blow torch it
Konastoner - Member
This should help: -Chain Maintenance
That's out of date, Sheldon's latest method [u][b][url= http://sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html
]is this[/url][/b][/u] 😀