Chain drive vs belt drive

[mirman]

The oily kind.

My personal favorite chain lube is a heavy gear oil. Otherwise, take your pick of any chain lube convenient to you.

How often?

 

[mirman]

The correct one is the white lithium grease, comes in a spray can. But it always come out to fast to do a good job on the chain. You only need a light coating, or else you'll coat a whole bunch of stuff with it. I like a 50/50 blend of straight 30w and full synthetic 2t oil in an oil pumper.

How often?

 

[ImpulseRocket]

How often?

As often as is necessary. It all depends on when, where, and how much you ride.

 

[GW's Motorized]

My favorite lubricant for chains is the spray in 5rh wheel grease. It can be messy, but if you wipe off the excess it isn't that bad

 

[mirman]

My favorite lubricant for chains is the spray in 5rh wheel grease. It can be messy, but if you wipe off the excess it isn't that bad

Would I get that in an auto parts store or RV store?

 

[GW's Motorized]

Would I get that in an auto parts store or RV store?

You should be able to find it at an auto parts store

 

[SirLurksAlot]

Dupont chain wax or Triflow are my gotos. Both incorporate teflon/ptfe. Triflow even works well on o-ring chain... Not that we use that type chain on our mb's - too much drag from the o-rings. I used to use PJ-1on my motorcycles , back in the day. Then tried triflow and discovered it almost eliminated stretching. A powerful indication that bushing/pin wear were greatly reduced compared to PJ-1.

 

[Chainlube]

How often?

When it looks dry.

 

[ImpulseRocket]

When it looks dry.

Or has a lot of dirt and grit stuck to it.

 

[cloakedvillain]

Or has a lot of dirt and grit stuck to it.

Or if your oil starts looking like grease