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Offline michrobi

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How do you prep a new cam chain?
« on: July 10, 2009, 02:44:25 PM »

Got a new HD Tsubaki cam chain to install. It's covered in some cosmoline substance. What should I use to clean that off?
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Re: How do you prep a new cam chain?
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2009, 02:59:43 PM »
Acetone maybe? Are you supposed to leave that on there? during reassembly I used a little crane cams lube on the whole top end rotating assembly.
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Re: How do you prep a new cam chain?
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2009, 06:19:28 PM »
I would say leaving it on.  They coat the chain with an anti-rust coating to protect it while it sits on shelves.  I would leave it on, and once hot oil get's on to the chain, it will probably take it right off.

But what the hell do I know, that last statement was just opinion.
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Re: How do you prep a new cam chain?
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2009, 06:53:36 PM »

I brushed it in a bath a denatured mineral spirits, blew it off and oiled it.
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Offline HB-1fan

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Re: How do you prep a new cam chain?
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2009, 09:38:11 PM »
Submerge it in your new oil overnight!!!!!!!
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Re: How do you prep a new cam chain?
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2009, 10:11:42 PM »
Brake claener than Spectro assembly lube
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