Oil For Chain?

[varangianknight]

Gday all, just wondering if there is specific oil to use for the chain or will pretty much any lubricant do ie wd-40?

[alantf]

No, WD40's much too thin. I use a spray called "chain oil" :whistle: but that's because I can't get the teflon spray that seems highly recommended. I don't know the brand name, but I'm sure that WW knows what it's called.

[JWR]

This is what I use.

[blaine]

This is what I use and I find it excellent for lubing pivot points and cables.Goes on thin enough to penetrate & gets tacky to stay put.
:cool:

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by JWR

This is what I use.

Yup, that is the one. Very cost effective compared to most chain lubes and a lot cleaner with little fling off.

[Road_Clam]

Originally Posted by blaine

This is what I use and I find it excellent for lubing pivot points and cables.Goes on thin enough to penetrate & gets tacky to stay put.
:cool:

+1,
for years I used PJ1 "Black" (which worked awesome), but was not very "fling" resistant and was making a mess of all my bikes. I switched to the "Blue" formula a few year back, and still works great, but I am observing less "fling mess" . :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

A good example of no fling after 25,000kms(15,500miles) on the Vstrom front sprocket and cover. Prior to that with other chain lubes there would be a mass of gunk inside the cover and the chain would run around in an area it carved out. DuPont is surprisingly clean. The entire bike does stay cleaner so I will never complain even if the price doubles to match some of the other socalled good chain lubes on the market.

[mrlmd1]

You could sell those comparison pics to Dupont for their advertising.

[Water Warrior 2]

You are probably right. The dirty pics are after 25,000 kms. Previously to that the inside of the cover and the clutch mechanism were just a horrible mess that resembled black sticky clay. Belts and drive shaft bikes are cleaner. One of the major selling points for Lynda when she picked up her M-50 with a shaft.