Chain Cleaning - Kerosene?

[Bloke]

So no one here has seen the study that was published by a guy wanting to find out if wd40 affected o-rings?

I'll hunt it out for you. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345397

Final results: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=350310

Kerosene affected rings the least out of the cleaners, wd40 second. "Chain lube" had the least impact but given you don't really clean by applying more lube it was more of a control.

 

[Dustin600]

Thanks for the interesting thread.

 

[BoneJj]

LOL, you asked for someone to show why WD40 might be bad. I did so. I could end this post here.... But I won't.

Here's a quote from the article you linked:

I must caution you that the use of WD-40 for cleaning motorcycle chains is controversial; some say that it will degrade the lubrication that's sealed behind the O-rings of the chain at the factory.

It's hard to know whether this is fact or fiction without some scientific evidence, but it sure seems to me that WD-40 must be better than a degreaser, which by its nature is designed to remove grease. I honestly don't think that the WD-40 gets past the O-rings.

Pretty strong statement, right? Except that my point was that WD40 degrades the O-rings. It doesn't have to get past them. It's the darn O-rings that we're worried about.

Yep, I'm busting on you, but I'll be honest and say that I don't think kerosene is perfect either. I've got just a little over 12k miles logged on fuelly, and even with my relatively religious chain cleaning, I've got sticky links. They're not stuck, just sticky.

What I do think is that even though kerosene has gasoline in it (which will degrade the O-rings) I don't think it's as bad as a degreaser. Which contrary to the article you posted, WD-40 actually is.

You read something wrong here.... I never asked anything. So don't try to call me out on something I didn't do. Secondly I never have trusted WD-40. It is designed to penetrate and I don't want it penetrating the seals of chain... hence why I stick with the recommended kerosene to clean the chain then I use good ole motul chain wax and I've been good with that for a number of years. Never even had to change chains on a bike.

 

[buzzbomb]

You read something wrong here.... I never asked anything. So don't try to call me out on something I didn't do. Secondly I never have trusted WD-40. It is designed to penetrate and I don't want it penetrating the seals of chain... hence why I stick with the recommended kerosene to clean the chain then I use good ole motul chain wax and I've been good with that for a number of years. Never even had to change chains on a bike.

Oh damn. Sorry, man. I must have quoted the wrong poster. The thread has gone so cold, I'm not going back to figure out who I meant to quote. My bad. Sorry.

 

[BoneJj]

Oh damn. Sorry, man. I must have quoted the wrong poster. The thread has gone so cold, I'm not going back to figure out who I meant to quote. My bad. Sorry.

no worries.