Spend the extra dough. It'll be worth it. As someone who used to maintain chains in the days before O-ring chains were invented, you wouldn't catch me using a standard chain ever again.
The O-ring chain has its lube already sealed in the rollers. That means you just have to use a light lube or wax on the exterior of the chain occasionally. Since the rollers are never in an "unlubed" condition (which can often be the case on standard chains), they tend to last a lot longer too. Standard chains must constantly be soaked with a heavy lube that will penetrate to the rollers. That also means you'll have gooey lube flying off the chain all over everything in the vicinity of the chain. That heavy lube also attracts lots of dirt, which means you'll have to clean the crud off the chain much more often. Since they wear faster, standard chains also need adjustment much more frequently. My last O-ring chain went 24K miles and was adjusted 3 times in that interval and I never needed to clean it (used a light silicone lube that didn't attract dirt). Back when I used standard chains, I averaged about 12K miles to a chain and had to do an adjustment about every thousand miles. In my opinion, the O-ring chain has made the hassle of chain maintenance almost non-existent. Well worth the extra bucks. John G. On Nov 7, 7:57 pm, greentxnighthawk <icera...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Dose it really matter if you replace the o ring chain with a non o > ring chain? Im not trying to be cheep,but it seams the o ring chains > are a little pricey!! And this being the first time Im going to have > to change a chain (and sprockets too) I understand that they (o ring > chains) keep the crud out,but past that I dont see a reason paying 3 > times the amount for an o ring chain vs a non o ring. Could someone > give me addvice --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
