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Random Musings => DIY => Skip Bike and Bodge It => Topic started by: Somnolent on 29 November, 2020, 01:32:36 pm

Title: Freeing up chain links after waxing
Post by: Somnolent on 29 November, 2020, 01:32:36 pm
No..... not that sort of waxing .....
Lately I've been doing this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHr9znwpwmQ&t=983s)
Perfectly SFW.... honest.

The only thing I have found to take issue with is the idea of freeing up the links by running them over a wooden knob   :o     
Minds out of the gutter please - 16:05 in the video.

I've found that takes the wax off the edges of the outer plates, which then go rusty.  So I came up with this:
(https://i.imgur.com/nK3Itik.jpg)
recycling jockey wheels from dead RDs
and the tapered nuts from V-brake pads, as stand offs to keep the wheels away from the board.

The white flicks are tiny bits of solidified wax that come off the chain, and can be removed with a soft paint brush.



Title: Re: Freeing up chain links after waxing
Post by: Pedal Castro on 29 November, 2020, 02:59:28 pm
Excellent idea, I must see if I have a couple of crap rear mechs around.