Rusted Chain

[wackwack]

So I haven't washed my bike since Sani & the chain is rusted now I saw last night. It has no stiff links or anything?

 

Question: Can i drop it in Hydrochorlic(sp) acid to remove the rust??

[AndreZA]

take it off the bike, stretch it tight and use a steel brush to take off the rust.

[wackwack]

take it off the bike' date=' stretch it tight and use a steel brush to take off the rust.[/quote']

 

Thats PT.

 

The acid can like to do that for me?

[wackwack]

Any other ideas?

[javadude]

Rather use Oxalic Acid, a bit more environmentally friendly, and just as effective.

 

[Roders]

Buy a new chain, that ones farked, all you are going to do is trash your chain rings and casette

[Terminator]

 

Buy a new chain' date=' that ones farked, all you are going to do is trash your chain rings and casette[/quote']

 

Having done the sani, I'll second that!

 

Rather replace the chain now, than the complete drive train later.

 

 

 

[Johan Bornman]

Oil it and go ride. The rust is completely cosmetic.

Inside the chain, where rust would matter, the chain is not rusted. Even a clean chain contains enough oil inside to inhibit any serious rust. A chain that had no oil inside and is rusted very badly will be stiff and crusty.

Put the hydrochloric acid in the pool, cancel the order for poisonous Oxalic acid, oil the chain and ride.

[splat]

lube and ride - its fine (from a rust point of view)

 

The Sani wasnt muddy enough to trash a chain, unless it was borderline before.

[Johan Bornman]

Buy a new chain' date=' that ones farked, all you are going to do is trash your chain rings and casette[/quote']

 

As you yourself pointed out in the lubrication barney next door, the only friction as a chain rolls over a sprocket is inside the chain. How then will a bit of rust trash chainrings and sprockets?

 

And before a red herring is sneaked in again, lets be clear about the rust we're talking about. It was a bit of brown rust that wasn't deep enough to stiffen the chain.

[Roders]

Johan, how many k's a month/year do you ride. I talk from the experiance of plenty k's a month and a good understanding of mechanics and engineering, I own two engineering businesses which gives me access to substantial R&D facilities ie. oil companies lab's, engineers etc. 

[wackwack]

The chain is by no means stiff at all - it just doesn't look like it did before sani.

 

Oil & ride is just what i'll do!!! 

[Windbreaker]

 

 

Johan' date=' how many k's a month/year do you ride. I talk from the experiance of plenty k's a month and a good understanding of mechanics and engineering, I own two engineering businesses which gives me access to substantial R&D facilities ie. oil companies lab's, engineers etc. [/quote'] JB is one of those okes that talks thru his arse just to confuse us. He nevers rides and knows fokol about bicycle mechanics.

 

edit: Oops, I forgot the obligatory

Windbreaker2009-03-12 13:01:03

[turtlek]

 

Johan' date=' how many k's a month/year do you ride. I talk from the experiance of plenty k's a month and a good understanding of mechanics and engineering, I own two engineering businesses which gives me access to?substantial R&D facilities ie.?oil companies lab's, engineers etc.?[/quote'] JB is one of those okes that talks thru his arse just for the fun of it. He nevers rides and knows fokol about bicycle mechanics.

 

 

 

Roders dont get into a mindless fight with JB he talks big but hardly ever produces results other than google searches and stuff pulled out of his crusty underwear

[Windbreaker]

 

 

Johan' date=' how many k's a month/year do you ride. I talk from the experiance of plenty k's a month and a good understanding of mechanics and engineering, I own two engineering businesses which gives me access to substantial R&D facilities ie. oil companies lab's, engineers etc. [/quote'] JB is one of those okes that talks thru his arse just for the fun of it. He nevers rides and knows fokol about bicycle mechanics.

 

 

 

Roders dont get into a mindless fight with JB he talks big but hardly ever produces results other than google searches and stuff pulled out of his crusty underwear

Maybe I'm having a slow night by did someone miss the irony in my post?

 

[Johan Bornman]

Edit: One copy is enough.

Johan Bornman2009-03-12 13:35:17