Castrol Chain Wax

Yesterday. being the first day of feeling well enough [1] to do *anything*
except UKRM or daytime TV, I decided to degrease and re-lube the chain on
the Zephyr.

Having liberally coated the chain / garage / myself with copious quantities
of paraffin, I applied a good coating of the above product.

It went on very easily, with very little overspray. Having taken the bike
out for some minor bimbleage, there also seems to be very little fall-out on
to the back wheel, much less than with the Fuchs stuff I used previously.

All in all, I am fairly impressed with it.

Now to see about adjusting the chain tension....... I may be some time.

[1] It still took 2 of us to get it on the centre stand mind.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

I've got a can of it here. It starts off nice and white and gets
dirtier and dirtier as the miles go on. It's such a bastard to get
the dirty brown residue off too. I stopped using it about 8k before I
replaced my chain (changed to Silkoline stuffage) and there were still
bits of the white/brown stuff left on it when the old chain was
binned. That is nomatter how much I scrubbed and threw parafin at it.

 

Chain wax is shite. As Nick says, looks nice as long as you don't use
the bike. May be good for an over Winter layup, but that's about it.
It doesn't fling, granted - but it doesn't lubricate either. It keeps
the water off, but all the nasty little bastard gritty particles stick
to it like the proverbial sand to a helmet during beach sex. It
provides the ideal environment for chain wear, in fact - forming a
very unpleasant grinding paste.

Stick to chain lube or fit a Scottoiler.

 

Pip said...

Wot 'im says

 

LMFAO, oh well, it was an enjoyable few hours in the garage.

I feel another garage / paraffin interface coming on. Alternatively, as the
chain and sprockets are the originals, perhaps it's time to consider getting
them replaced with a nice gay gold set.

WRT Scottoilers, I had one on the CB500 and really could not get on with it
at all.
It lost it's injector 3 times and spunked it's contents all over the rear
tyre, so I left it on when I sold the bike. I was very disappointed with
it, as just about everyone else I know who uses one raves about them. Maybe
a second chance should be given.

The previous chain lube I used (Fuchs) was very messy, and used to fling
itself off for days afterwards. What is the FOAK's chain lube of choice,
(obviously excluding the eponymous komodo dragon spunk)?.


--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Hmm, I was expecting it to leave a white film over the chain, but it didn't.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Dan L said...

Camel's fanny batter.

 

eBay get clever? Or is this something wot is known about.

"Your search using snotoiler returned 0 results. This keyword has been
replaced with scottoiler. Undo"

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Pip belched forth and ejected the following:

What 'e said, apart from the Scottoiler bit. I still think to lube a
chain properly by hand is the only way

 

or get a shaftie

 

Well curiously I've never had any trouble with it, seems to work fine
and I've not had prematurely wearing chains. So there! )~
Of course I now have some Motrax Gold chain lube which also seems to
work very nicely, it was complimentary with the new gold chain and of
course it keeps it looking, well, gold.

 

Hog said...

Gay

as

****

 

Just like a Chav's bling......... ;-PP
--

Cheers!
Fr Jack
B12S (The Red Mist), CB450DX (The Moped)
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM
Red death, to set you free

 

When I had one on the SV I positioned the feed tube so that it directs
the oil onto the back sprocket. This keeps the tube out of the way of
the chain and gives it some room to flex (over bumps, etc) and means
the oil is fed down the sprocket onto the chain. It worked well and
I'd recommend this method if you get a new one.

If you don't, I use PJ1 lube which does the job. I haven't fitted a
scottoiler to the 955 as I'm not sure how to go about it.

 

I've just bought another CD250 which I'm busting for parts, and the
previous owner had lubed the chain with Copaslip.

He'd also splashed the stuff on every exposed bolt head he could
find.....

 

There's an interesting assessment here

http://home.clara.net/survivalskills/chain_lubes.htm

 

Did you shake the can properly and if not have you covered your chain
in a load of propellant instead of wax?

I think the optimum time to re-lube the chain is when it stops to look
shiny and wet. The chain wax never looks shiny or wet so when does
one know when it needs a lube?

 

The Older Gentleman wrote

So that will be most of ukrm singing the praises of ceramic chain oils
next autumn then?

My snotoiler drips.

 

Erm, yes, I shook it most vigourously.

I looked at the chain again today, and I have to admit it looks pretty
bloody good.
The xchainwax tin does say "new formula", I wonder whether it has been
improved since you tried it.

--
Dan L (Oldbloke)

My bike 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr
Space in shed where NSR125 used to be
Spare Bike 1990 Suzuki TS50X (Patio Ornament)
BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6), X-FOT#000, DIAABTCOD #26, BOMB#18 (slow), OMF#11

 

Tis good shit. Since buying my new bike, I've only had to adjust the chain
twice in 2200 miles and I too use Castrol chain wax. I always clean the
chain with a rag soaked in WD40 before re-applying the wax and the chain
still looks brand new.