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Re: [ST] Exhaust and chain question?



Quoting Jody Allen <jodya44@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Bil,
> I'm not sure of why it was done.
> Was what you found build-up of what the chain had shed?
> What I found was new looking gray grease that had already collected  a
> lot of dirt.  I noticed the grease on the chain the day that I picked it
> up and thought nothing abnormal about it, but about 2 weeks later after
> riding in the rain and noticing a grinding sound while moving at low
> rpms I went to clean and re-wax my chain.  That is when I found the
> grease glob and the build up of filth and rocks that was causing the
> grinding.

If they greased the chain with "not very sticky2 grease it would fly of the
front sprocket as you describe staying quite clean. Chain wax is horrible
stuff. i don't like it at all.

--
SimonB

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