It appears the previous owner of my Raptor put some sort of waxy chain lube on the chain. My question is what will remove this gunk? It is on the sprocket and all over the swing arm. Any ideas would be much appreciated!

 

some elbow grease should do the trick

 

Tried that with a stiff brush to no avail....Thought maybe there was something I could buy to spray on that would loosen it up....Maybe my local shop will have an idea...

 

i havent botten some sproket clear from rocky mountain atv and it works great

 

my bad...that should be sproket cleaner

 

Be carefull with that stiff brush....it could damage the o-rings. The benefits of the waxy stuff is increased chain life. It is a pain to clean though!

 

Are you trying to say, I have bought some sprocket cleaner from Rocky Moutain ATV and it works great?

 

Try something that won't hurt the o-rings.

I use Spray9 or SimpleGreen. A little elbow grease, and turn the wheel.

Try not to 'scrub' the chain. You can brush it, but don't be too hard on it.

That should do the trick.

RM

 

Try automotive brake cleaner.

I use CRC Brakleen, chemical proof rubber gloves purchased from Home Depot, and cheap paper towels (they have less lint than the expensive ones) for any number of car/bike/quad/jetski clean up chores.

I most recently used it to clean the chain on my Honda NX250 dualsport prior to applying a fresh coat of chain wax.

CRC Brakleen cleans well, leaves little or no residue, doesn't seem to hurt the rubber O-rings in the drive chain (my NX250 is an '88 model so I've been doing this for a while), and virtually eliminates the "elbow grease" part of the equation. I buy Brakleen at PEP Boys Auto Parts for about $10 a gallon.

Army Man

 

You can use auto grease remover or oven cleaner with no effort at all. i would not use brahe cleaner it is to harsh and will destroy the o-rings.

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