Re: [ST] Exhaust and chain question?

[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.

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