[ssg]

I am confused.
WD-40, friend or foe (as chain lube n cleaner)?

[Richard230]

Foe as a chain lube, but a friendly cleaner.   

[High On Octane]

I personally think WD-40 is a sham.  It does lots of jobs.....  Poorly.  I use Maxima Chain Wax for lubricating chains.  And penetrating and lubricating Liquid Wrench for any other type of basic spray oiling that might be needed.

[Guaire]

I personally think WD-40 is a sham.  It does lots of jobs.....  Poorly.  I use Maxima Chain Wax for lubricating chains.  And penetrating and lubricating Liquid Wrench for any other type of basic spray oiling that might be needed.

Maxima from me too. They make a chain cleaner as well, to prep the chain for the chain wax.

[hpwaco]

WD ( WATER DISPLACING ) is NOT a lubricant!   It does work well as a chain cleaner.   I have used Chain Wax for years.  To each his own.........

[Rattlebattle]

It’s essentially fish oil...take it from there.

[ssg]

Hmm...useless but a much hyped product.

[gashousegorilla]

  Chain schmain .....  How's about it in and Engine ?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6531zzBkcE

[Stanley]

WD-40 is made in my town, developed as a light-film aircraft anticorrosion treatment. It was later marketed to cure what ails you but as we all know that's bunkum. I use it to prevent rust or to clean chains prior to lubing with PJ-1 or motor oil. Even cheaper is the kerosene substitute sold for lamps.

[Fragman]

WD is dandy as a chain cleaner, but it works best at killing wasp & ant nests, fair dinkum. As a chain lube, it's piss poor. If ye have an O or X-ring chain, the waxes work fine and for standard chains, any good & proven cycle chain lube will fill the bill.

Main things being...Install a quality chain & keep the bastard clean, properly lubed & adjusted.

[High On Octane]

Gasoline works great for cleaning chains.  Fill up an old spray bottle and spray the heck out of the chain, wipe clean with an old rag, and oil her up.  PJ1 is good stuff too. 

[hpwaco]

WOW!  DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!!!!!!!    And bad for rubber!

[Richard230]

WOW!  DANGER WILL ROBINSON!!!!!!!!!    And bad for rubber!

My dad thought gasoline was great stuff for killing germs.  He grew up in the Missouri Ozarks where he walked to school miles in the snow during the winter without any shoes (stop me if you have heard this story before  ).  He told me once that he stepped on a big nail that went right through his foot.  His dad (a Missouri Ozarks rock farmer) was concerned about these new things called germs that he had just heard about and soaked my dad's foot in a tub of gasoline to kill them. Apparently, it did kill them. I guess it was a good thing that my dad wasn't smoking at the time as he still had his foot when he was alive. Unfortunately, he never gave up on smoking and that caused him to meet an early death.   

Anyway, the moral of the story is to not use gasoline to clean anything, be it a chain or a foot.  And I wouldn't recommend smoking either, especially when cleaning your chain with gasoline.     If you want to clean something oily, you are better off with kerosene - or WD40 and an old toothbrush.   

[Jako]

It’s essentially fish oil...take it from there.

WD40 makes a great fish attractant , spray a little on your bait and watch your catch rate increase . TRUE 

[REpozer]

I use WD40 to wash my RE with. If you ride in the rain it does help. I have little to no rust.