I paid $55 for an O ring chain. > Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 00:14:49 -0800 > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: O ring chain VS non o ring chain > From: jgal...@hotmail.com > To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > > > > 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 > -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >
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