A place to share your good ideas, techniques, materials and equipment - what have you got that works well for you? Thinking anything on a bike from tiny shifter / brake components to chains and sprockets, suspension forks and frames.
I have half a mind to invest in an electric pump type parts washer but not really sure they suit bycicle scale duties? Currently have a few stainless bowls / old cooking pans / tubs with lids and assortment of brushes but eager to make the job more efficient and better contained.
Did have a quick search but couldn't find much (in general) on the subject - if there's a thread already could someone please point the way?
My starter. If I have to completely degrease a chain then in order to get lubricant back into the inner pins and rollers I thin a chain oil with a suitable solvent, submerge / agitate in the thinned oil, drip the excess back into oil bath, wipe the chain and any then leave for a day for all the solvent to evaporate. Seems to work.
I have half a mind to invest in an electric pump type parts washer but not really sure they suit bycicle scale duties? Currently have a few stainless bowls / old cooking pans / tubs with lids and assortment of brushes but eager to make the job more efficient and better contained.
Did have a quick search but couldn't find much (in general) on the subject - if there's a thread already could someone please point the way?
My starter. If I have to completely degrease a chain then in order to get lubricant back into the inner pins and rollers I thin a chain oil with a suitable solvent, submerge / agitate in the thinned oil, drip the excess back into oil bath, wipe the chain and any then leave for a day for all the solvent to evaporate. Seems to work.
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