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1979 KZ SR650, stock candy persimmon red and crossover pipes
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Anyways. There are new advanced produsts out there that are better for your chain, than engine oil. Products that don't "fling" and can repel dirt and grime, along with lubricating newer o-ring chains are out there. I use Maxima Chain Wax on both my dirtbike and streetbike.
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1979 KZ SR650, stock candy persimmon red and crossover pipes
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That stuff is the best.
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321,000 miles on KZ's that I can remember. Not going to see any more.
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I've give that ATF a try. But when I put a new chain on, I'll probably go with wax. I've been using chain wax on my ten speed, and it stays clean.
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I've been using good ol' 90 weight, and yeah, its a freakin mess.
I've give that ATF a try. But when I put a new chain on, I'll probably go with wax. I've been using chain wax on my ten speed, and it stays clean.
The ATF idea is interesting. No expert on the stuff, but it's gotta have some lube effect - and at higher temps as well - otherwise those Winnebago Cheezeboxes (tm) would be spitting torque converters and tranny valves all over the streets. :laugh:
Gone the wax route as well, and boy that stuff sure sticks. One thing I've wondered about waxes is how well it gets at the pins and bushings, being so *tick 'n zesty*, as Granny called her spagetz sauce. :dry:
O-ring and X-ring chains are purported to isolate the interior pins and bushings from all the nasties it encounters, but I'm a bit skeptical. Every so often, I'll shoot the bloody hell out of a chain with some industrial pin 'n bushing loob, then hit it with a spray coat of white lithium to convince it to stick around awhile.
Not all that certain that a chain really cares that much about what all you use on it as opposed to how *often* you apply it. Waxes, ATF, whatever - if every 1,000 miles whether it needs it or not is your theory of chain maintenence, I doubt anything can save it. :whistle:
Don't have any hard 'n fast mileage stats to toss on the pile - always figured that when a chain was ready for the rest home, it'd be happy to tell you. But treated right, a chain and sprocket set can last a good long while.
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I got issue with using ATF as a lube. Car trannies look nice and clean because they are sealed environments.
Which means exactly what? What bearing (limp pun, I know ) would that have on its use as a chain lube?
Is ATF not closer to a hydraulic fluid than a lubricating oil?
Certainly. But that doesn't mean it has no potential as a lubricant - in fact, hydraulic oil seems to do a pretty keen job of keeping cylinders lubed and pistons shiny.
I'm not sure of all the ramifications, but I haven't seen anything so far that makes it a bad idea. :huh:
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