wd40 de greaser?

[chris folder]

Hi anyone use wd40 de greaser aerosol spray? Is it anygood at cleaning bike chain? Also you rinse off after cleaned chain or lube staight on?

 

[huwsparky]

Try it to see how you get on! Personally, I hold a rag to the chain to get off as much degreaser as i can before lubing.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Wd40 is a superb degreaser..i used it all the time for cleaning my motorbikes swingarm and associated gunk areas..
gt 85 is better ...
its no good for chain lube..so apply to a rag and rub it in, then oil chain

 

[huwsparky]

Wd40 is a superb degreaser..i used it all the time for cleaning my motorbikes swingarm and associated gunk areas..
gt 85 is better ...
its no good for chain lube..so apply to a rag and rub it in, then oil chain

I'll second the gt85 not being any good as a chain lube.

I went out in the rain about 2 months ago in the and went to go out again 3 days later, didn't re-lube the chain and just sprayed it with gt85 thinking it would be good enough for a 20miler. It actually snapped. A 300mile old chain snapped as easy as that without proper care.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I could be wrong, but I don't think the OP is referring to using ordinary run-of-the-mill Multi-Use WD40 as a degreaser.

I think he's referring to the degreaser sold under the WD40 brand.

http://www.wd40bike.com/products

WD40 make ziillions of products. And confusingly their flagship product has the same name as the brand.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I'll second the gt85 not being any good as a chain lube.

I went out in the rain about 2 months ago in the and went to go out again 3 days later, didn't re-lube the chain and just sprayed it with gt85 thinking it would be good enough for a 20miler. It actually snapped. A 300mile old chain snapped as easy as that without proper care.

The chain didn't break because of lubrication or lack thereof. There's another reason why that chain broke. You aren't telling the whole story.

 

[chris folder]

Hi the cycling bike de greaser in a can. Wd40 sale so meny different products now I asked in holdfords for this product he said over in motorbike section no Im on about push bike de greaser I said. it says fast drying so i wounder what's it like applying your lube after use if not going to wash de greaser off with water after

 

[Fab Foodie]

I never wash degreaser/WD40 off with water, if the chain/part is clean enough then wipe off the excess degreaser and apply lube. Wipe off any excess with a dry rag before going riding.

 

[huwsparky]

The chain didn't break because of lubrication or lack thereof. There's another reason why that chain broke. You aren't telling the whole story.

There's no other reason I'm aware of.... It was dry, I could hear that much!

What do you think the cause could have been?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

There's no other reason I'm aware of.... It was dry, I could hear that much!

What do you think the cause could have been?

A poorly lubricated chain causes wear directly on the pin and only on one side of the pin. When the chain is at the end of its life, that pin (which is 3.5mm thick) shows wear of only 0.02mm.
To wear through the pin until it is thin enough to break is inconceivable. The chain stops engaging with the sprockets long, long before wear is even in the 0.5mm range.
Therefore the pin is not weakened by chain wear.
Your chain didn't break because the pin was broken in half, it broke because the pin's peened head was forced out of it's seat in the sideplate. Most likely from poor shifting. It is easy to break a chain by bending it sideways but no-one, not even Chuck Norris can break a chain in tension (direct straight-forward pulling).

 

[Dogtrousers]

no-one, not even Chuck Norris can break a chain in tension .

That's fightin' talk.

 

[huwsparky]

A poorly lubricated chain causes wear directly on the pin and only on one side of the pin. When the chain is at the end of its life, that pin (which is 3.5mm thick) shows wear of only 0.02mm.
To wear through the pin until it is thin enough to break is inconceivable. The chain stops engaging with the sprockets long, long before wear is even in the 0.5mm range.
Therefore the pin is not weakened by chain wear.
Your chain didn't break because the pin was broken in half, it broke because the pin's peened head was forced out of it's seat in the sideplate. Most likely from poor shifting. It is easy to break a chain by bending it sideways but no-one, not even Chuck Norris can break a chain in tension (direct straight-forward pulling).

Haha, I like the Chuck Norris bit!!

I have no idea then, interesting reading though. I just put it down to lubrication as the chain was bone dry and it's the only time I've ever ridden the bike like this.

Maybe I hadn't fitted it correctly, chain was only about a month old but had done a few miles.

 

[jefmcg]

chain was only about a month old

Possibly a manufacturing fault, then?

 

[huwsparky]

Possibly a manufacturing fault, then?

Possibly...

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Possibly...

My money is on faulty installation or bad shifting.