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Is this chain on backwards ?
TwoBobRob:
Soak a paper towel in WD or GT85 and run it along the chain every once in a while, keeps it clean and adds a hint of lube. All you need to do :daumenhoch:
Peter J:
Cheers Bud :daumenhoch:
I've been slapping red Teflon grease everywhere this morning........... :coolsmiley: the bikes hardly been used so I've stripped and cleaned it over the weekend I had the chain soaking in WD40 and gave it a rub over with a nylon brush as well :daumenhoch:
Think the cranks been over tightened or something because the bearings are not the smoothest also I think the front sprocket is a bit thin there's a decent gap when the teeth engage the chain links
I've got a new sprocket and cranks coming soon so I can have a good fiddle then
I can highly recommend the Red Teflon Grease (TF2 Lubricant) bloody good stuff :daumenhoch:
I can slide a Heinz baked bean tin up my chocolate starfish now and it doesn’t even bring a tear to me eye :daumenhoch:
motomagII:
--- Quote from: TwoBobRob on March 05, 2012, 02:26 PM ---Soak a paper towel in WD or GT85 and run it along the chain every once in a while, keeps it clean and adds a hint of lube. All you need to do :daumenhoch:
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this works and also make sure they arent too tight and they are aligned right .i have had some really noisy half link chains for some reason or another usually too tight or misaligned a tad
TwoBobRob:
Some of the Shadow halflinks were rattly old things.
Peter - have a look inside your BB - is the spacer tube in there? That's the main reason for BB bearings fcuking up, spacer missing. You tighten the crank up and crush the inner races toward each other.
If that's all ok though, you can pop the bearings out, pick out the seals with summat very small and pointy. Clean & soak them in petrol or similar and then repack with your nice red grease and snap the seals back in. 9 times out of 10 the bearings will come right back to life.
Peter J:
Yep checked the spacer was there when I cleaned/regreased everything :daumenhoch:
I've only "nipped" the crank arms up and used the little caphead screw to tighten the crank arms up
Do the bearings come out that easy ??? I thought it would be a hammer and drift job ???
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