Mon Mar 24 11:41:18 1997 - Message No. 526
From: Martin Franz

Subject: RE: FW: Scotoiler


Hi,
>>>>>the oil quickly goes of the chain, poluting the environment (making
your
>>>>>bike dirty)
>It is possible to control the dripping speed...
Shure it's posible, BUT: to let the oil reach the chain, it must be liquid,
ie. oil. Oil will be thrown off your chain quite immediatly...  if you
lubricate your chain with chain spray and don't wait for about 4 hours,
even the chain spray will be thrown away. Chain spray gets "greese" not
"oil" and is extremly sticky. I use S100 spray, after drying, the stuff
sticks like glue (even on your fingers, parts not to be oiled.. :-(

>>>this is independent of the Scottoiler.
No. The "moving" part of a chain is the inside (bolt and ring). Through the
"usage" the bolt gets smaller and the "ring" get's wider -> chain gets
longer. On a _non_ O-Ring chain, a scottoiler or chain spray will "oil" the
_important_ inside, on an O-Ring chain, definitly not, the O-Ring will
prevent that.

IMHO: if you realy want to improve something, use an XW-chain. Longer
lifetime and less "moving power" (Reibung) than an O-Ring chain.

>>>I think this conslusion is not right, because also O-Ring chains need
>>>lubrication and lubrication in general is done better by a scottoiler
than by
>>>hand... 
I do it carefully by hand, with patient and "love", not forgetting any
piece; just like petting. I hope, that I'm doing it better than any stupid
machine ever can !!! :-))))))

have a nice slide, martin (oil on the rear wheel improves sliding
capabilities by factors :-))))


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