Mon Mar 24 09:19:06 1997 - Message No. 525
From: Marc Luethi

Subject: Re: Scottoiler


At 18:36 20.03.1998 +0000, Raymond wrote:

>There is one case in which the Scott-oiler has advantages and that's
>when you drive far away from home in the desert
>and don't have a centre stand. But how many people of us do this often

*buzzzzz*

Don't *EVER* oil/grease a Chain when you're in the desert. get yourself a 
new O-ring-chain, mount it, and as soon as you're in the Sand, let the chain 
get dry.

If you put any kind of lubrication on it, sand will stick on it like 
hell, and will eat the O-rings and metal away as if it was wood.

The dry chain will last some 10-15Mm on an AT (Phil Herzog's experience).
You can increase the lifetime by using special "sand"-sprockets. They have 
a special shape that prevents sand from being stuck between chain and
sprocket, 
and thus reduces chain wear.


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