23-04-20, 10:14 AM
(23-04-20, 09:57 AM)fazersharp link Wrote: Actually why do we even need to lube, they are sealed via x or o rings.
You only need to lub the rollers and the sticky shite turns into grinding paste, which not only buggers the rollers it slowly destroys the X/O rings and the grease escapes and you get tight spots and a buggered chain. It doesn't take long even in the dry somewhere between 4 - 12k, I've replaced chains with around 2k on them, I kid you not. He'd being using cheap spray can lub, I think the propellant destroyed the O rings.
Oil just lubs the rollers, washes the grit off and protects the X/O rings. Obviously you've got to do it properly and often enough, which could be every ride in some conditions, that's where Scottoilers excel, the chain is oiled all the time, you do need two settings dry/wet. The latter isn't the odd shower it's prolonged rain over more than a day.
Later