Everything Tom and that's no mystery.Hey Rick, I have a gallon can of Marvel Mystery Oil, the mystery is what to use it for? I know I got to preserve my mothballed R80/7 BMW but I don't know if it is working.
Tom
Rick C.
Everything Tom and that's no mystery.Hey Rick, I have a gallon can of Marvel Mystery Oil, the mystery is what to use it for? I know I got to preserve my mothballed R80/7 BMW but I don't know if it is working.
Tom
There must be a battle on YouTube, fellas using wax on chains and fellas using dry graphite on chains! I think bothI bought a $10 crockpot at Wally World and have my chains getting the same bath less the molybdenum which we know is a high pressure. Buying powdered Teflon was a fun engineering search. I will accept all thoughts willingly.
Tom
Hey Tom, "Marvel Mystery Oil" has been around longer than you and I combined and it's amazing it is still onEverything Tom and that's no mystery.
Rick C.
He He and Ho Ho!Everything Tom and that's no mystery.
Rick C.
MTThere must be a battle on YouTube, fellas using wax on chains and fellas using dry graphite on chains! I think both
ideas are good
but I didn't like one fellas idea of using just graphite (dry) in a baggie shook up with a chain to lubricate
MT(not sure if it was in this thread about using dry graphite on chain... I use Liquid Wrench Brand Motorcycle Chain Lube. I did mention of cables not chain, to use of just dry powdered Lock Ease.)
it. That idea might-or-not get in the rollers to lubricate them. The best way would be to soak the chain in the EZ-Slide
gallon of it and then hung out to dry. Powdered Teflon and graphite probably be a good candidate. The cheapest is
candle wax for the chain. There's a company in Wisconsin that sells a jar of wax beads that can be melted in a crockpot.
Interestingly, it looks dark gray in color? I thought I saved the name of the product and even had links to it so I'll have to
dig around to see if I can find it to do more research on. I'm going to test this stuff on the chain to see whether it works.
I do know it works on the CVT and helps lubricate it.
Dennis
Tom, get your crockpot out and get ready to cook some wax and chain!Thanks for the link Dennis, It turns out they a little west of Wisconsin.
MSPEEDWAX 4730 Lorinda Drive
Shoreview, MN 55126
I could have knocked on their door over Labor Day weekend.
Tom
Was in the store yesterday, seen that they also have replacement pins for it only couple bucks. Also for farm use they have the bigger chain barker, for # 60 and up chain..........CurtA chain breaker that's US made, hard to believe!
Shame shame Rick, installing the clip backwards! Been there and done that but never lost the link, just lucky I guess that'sUsed two chains, just replaced one, both 415H chain that came with the 2 stroke 66cc motor kit on my Grubee 5 hp over seven years and well over14,000 plus miles. Never broke a chain, though I lost a clip after I installed one ask-backards. The second one I installed last week and only because the old one was 20 links too short (my guess) to reach the new extended axle position and it's also a kit 415H with quick link, So my two heavy duty chain breaks are almost unused though both manage to push 420 pins (for my big engine) without grinding. Big chains for big motors or little motors that are misaligned, poorly maintained and don't run spring tensioner!
Rick C.
Darn, I'm between checks and need to try that stuff to see how well it works! I've had so many outside distractions lately and needDennis wax came Sunday in the rain and after taking Ramona to.
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It was a pizzly drizzly day.
Back in the shop today Monday, starting to mod the top fender strut.
Tom
I'm sure you'll get things worked out. This rain in the area is slowing down the farmers and worse yet for me, making theBack in the shop today for about an hour after work.
Got the front fender struts measured, cut, the ends flattened, center punched, and drilled for the mounting screws.
Still have to contour the ends on my 1"x42" Kalamazoo belt sander. Wednesday the rear struts will be the focus of my after work labor.
Rick, The fenders on this Flyer have been the longest lasting challenge though mostly self inflicted. I may have to order studded tires from Finland to get riding time in 2019
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Dennis, This being a hobby of sorts so don't worry. What can get done will get done. As I am still working there are all sorts of things get put on the back burner. Se La Vie.
Tom
Looking good and I'm sure you'll get it worked out. We have rain moving in and I am hoping next week it will be clearWeather here is still Vancouverish ie, wet. The low lands here are flooded from last nights dumper (The rain gage topped out) and the rain started after I got home from work today so I just greeted the wife, walked the dog, grabbed a beer, and went to the shop to finish this fender strut job. Front strut ends rounded and bolted to the fork fender mount clamps, Rear struts went a little faster knowing the routine and it only took one more beer.
All is good but the rear struts are contacting the steerer fork legs so I will have to make some offsets to clear them.
Rain Thursday, I am on vacation Friday no rain = mow.
Saturday rain again. Dare I say I might get seat time Sunday?
Curtis, I came across a heavy duty chain breaker the other night online which was made for the 415, 41 and 420 chain.Was in the store yesterday, seen that they also have replacement pins for it only couple bucks. Also for farm use they have the bigger chain barker, for # 60 and up chain..........Curt