Re: [ST] Exhaust and chain question?

[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. 

Bil Swartz wrote:
> 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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