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Re: [ST] Exhaust and chain question?



Quoting Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>:

> On Mon, 9 Apr 2007, Jody Allen wrote:
>
> > The reason I asked the other question about the chain "grease" is that a
> > dealer that I have been using to service my bike did this after
> > replacing the chain.  It seems that the only effect that it had was to
> > trap every dust particle and small rock and stick them to my chain.  He
> > was trying to sell me sprockets too, but at the time my money was a bit
> > tight and my sprockets showed very little wear.  My chain however needed
> > replacement (he used a relatively cheap one).  The dealer told me that
> > the setup he left me with would last until the next service interval.
> > What is seem like to me is that he set me up by sabotaging my bike.
> > This dealer has had a very good reputation and it is not even the
> > closest dealer to me, but I chose them because I thought the quality
> > would be better.  This is not something that I want to believe.  That's
> > why I'm seeking your collective input before I confront the dealer.
>
> Jody,
>
> Are you quite certain that they put something inside your front sprocket
> cover intended to lube the chain?  I've personally not heard of such, but
> that's not to say there isn't something like that out there.  However on
> pulling my sprocket cover off today to check the sprocket size, I found a
> huge amount of "gunk" that went at least half way around the sprocket and
> it was thick enough that it was obviously making contact with the chain as
> indicated by the tracks in the gunk.
>
> Like you, I noticed lots of rocks, dirt and debris in it as I scraped it
> off with a putty knife.  So I wonder if that's what you're seeing in
> there.

This is quite common. especially if you have a chain oiler fitted.

--
SimonB

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