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Chain lube question

Im going to look for that moly based stuff today and lube my chain. Start showing some :love to the old girl.
I might even clean it first.
 
ST Guy said:
Belts work great but there are limitations on how much HP/torque a belt can handle given a certain size belt. And there are limits on how large you can make the belt before it causes lots of design problems.
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True but belts are stronger than the current collective wisdom... take 37mm
wide 14mm pitch Gates Poly Chain... it is strong enough to handle a 502 HP
425Ft lb Boss Hoss... in fact most of the Boss Hoss product line employs
belts...


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I don't have a clip type masterlink so I won't be cleaning it to that that degree. I'll wipe it with a rag. Some other time though, didn't get around to it today.
 
Busy Little Shop said:
Adjusting your chain means the factory installed grease is failing and metal to
metal wear is happening behind the X rings... after the 3rd adjustment the
amount of wear will indicate new chain and sprockets...

This is what we don't see behind the X rings... metal to metal wear
every time we adjust the chain that eats into our engine's available
HP... a new pin measures 206.5 and wears down to 205.5 at the 8K mile
mark... looks good to the naked eye but multiply that 1 thousand of an
inch times 108 links and you have 108 thousands of an inch wear or
about the range of the green marks provided by Honda's wear gauge...
202.8 show the very visible wear at the 12K mile mark... the pins are
turning red from extreme heat of grinding dry metal... a chain in this
condition may consume up to 6 to 8% of our RWHP... not to mention it
may snap into and cause case damage...
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Interesting stuff about the inefficiencies of a worn chain :thumbup
 
Blankpage said:
Im going to look for that moly based stuff today and lube my chain. Start showing some :love to the old girl.
I might even clean it first.
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Amazon probably has some. I recommend moly paste as it'll stick better when you apply it.

Definitely clean your chain well before treating. Don't use anything that will damage the orings or wash out any of the factory grease. You're goal is to have a nice clean surface on the outside of the chain rollers and also on the sprocket teeth. Then use a small brush to apply the paste to each roller and each toothed space between the teeth on both sprockets. Fire up the bike and ride around the block a few times. Then, WITH THE ENGINE OFF!, use a rag to wipe off the excess and then lube as normal.

FYI, you can buy microfine molybdenum disulfide powder and make your own paste. I'd probably do that and use whatever quality chain lube I've been using to make the past with. The thicker the better but you've got to be able to brush it on.

And, if you find it, tungsten disulfide is even better than moly.
 
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Of course, treating a new chain and sprockets would be best.
 
I had time today to deal with it so for the first time in a long time and the first time ever to use WD40 on a chain, I cleaned my chain today. I've never used this bike in the rain and there was a fair bit of dirt coming off onto the towel I was using.
I didn't have the molly based paste lube so I used what I had, Maxima Chain Wax. I would assume its better than nothing.
Chain looked loose but when I pulled out the tape it was by the book all the way around.
 
Obviously, there are experienced Gurus here....so I am not trying to outsmart anyone. But this is the method I used on my 2005 CBR F4i (owned 2013-2016).

Installed the EK MVXZ chain with Driven Sprokets. They lasted over 22K miles when bike was sold (still in great shape).

- I basically cleaned the chain every 600 -800 miles or so (average) with Kerosene and the chain brush. I bought the gallon of Kerosene. Brushed Kerosene on the chain, let it soak for a few minutes as I used the brush, then used a rage to dry it off (it evaporates).

- Then sprayed the PJ1Blue Chain lube, used a rag to evenly distribute and also wipe off some overspray.https://www.cyclegear.com/accessories/pj1-blue-label-chain-lube

I haven't had a bike since 2016, just bought a ZX6r last week. Will be doing my regular regimen for the chain cleaning.

Please let me know if someone thinks I am doing something Wrong or should be doing something better to get more out of my chain. Thanks!!!!
 
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