Do not use a wire brush of any kind to clean the chain; they can damage the o-rings. Use more WD 40 on stubborn areas and rub with a rag.
Once you have the chain nice and clean, make sure the sprockets are clean too; there's no sense in letting the grit stuck on the sprockets to contaminate the clean chain.
With chain and sprockets now clean, take the bike out for a short 15 minute ride. This will help warm up the chain. As soon as you get home spray or brush your chain lube on the inside of the chain, (That's the part of the chain that wraps over the sprockets yes the inside. Centrifugal force will push the lube into the chain as you ride). Let it stand for a few minutes. Read the label on the can for the time it will take for it to work its way into the chain. Do not run the engine or put the bike in gear to apply the lube, raise the rear wheel off the ground or push the bike forward or back to get access to the chain.
Then take a rag and remove the excess lube, do not remove all of the lube, just the excess.
Even o-ring chains need to be lubricated, any of the chain lubes will work even heavy gear oil will.
Do not use a wire brush of any kind to clean the chain; they can damage the o-rings. Use more WD 40 on stubborn areas and rub with a rag.
Once you have the chain nice and clean, make sure the sprockets are clean too; there's no sense in letting the grit stuck on the sprockets to contaminate the clean chain.
With chain and sprockets now clean, take the bike out for a short 15 minute ride. This will help warm up the chain. As soon as you get home spray or brush your chain lube on the inside of the chain, (That's the part of the chain that wraps over the sprockets yes the inside. Centrifugal force will push the lube into the chain as you ride). Let it stand for a few minutes. Read the label on the can for the time it will take for it to work its way into the chain. Do not run the engine or put the bike in gear to apply the lube, raise the rear wheel off the ground or push the bike forward or back to get access to the chain.
Then take a rag and remove the excess lube, do not remove all of the lube, just the excess.
Even o-ring chains need to be lubricated, any of the chain lubes will work even heavy gear oil will.
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