Maxima 74920 Chain Wax - 13.5 oz. Aerosol

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Mineral spirits or strong degreaser – for cleaning factory grease and dirt from chains. Keep away from kids, pets, naked flames and sparks. If you’re after the fastest, most efficient drivetrain possible, immersive waxing is currently king. Look around any professional race or time trial and you’re bound to spot more than a few waxed chains. Looking at all three I wouldn’t recommend the Castrol chain wax just because of the faulty cans. It’s a great product and the only reason I won’t buy it is because of the faulty cans but out of the three, this is the best. Our Recommendations With all of your kit assembled, it’s time to get to work. Find a well-ventilated space, with plenty of room to work, away from children, pets and anything delicate or valuable. How to wax a chain Step 1 – Deep clean chain and bicycle drivetrain

Budget-conscious cyclists ought to consider the full cost of maintaining a drivetrain when making lube purchasing decisions, though. Whether you’re a racer looking for a performance edge or a commuter who simply wants a fuss-free solution, we’ll lay out all the chain lube options and explain the positives and negatives of every approach. Efficiency and drivetrain wear One of the issues with a chain wax is fling. You wax up your chain, go for a ride and when you come home, the underside of your pillion seat looks like a plasterer’s radio – chain wax splattered everywhere.Z-Ring Chains: This is an adaption of the x-ring and it is very similar except the ring has an asymmetric profile. This specific model was made to decrease twisting and sliding within the part. A cheap lube could end up costing you a lot more overall than an expensive one, for example. If your lube leads to poorer efficiency and increased drivetrain wear, having to replace worn parts of your bike more often will undoubtedly cost a lot more in the long run than an efficient lube.

With that in mind, avoiding a contaminated drivetrain is key to optimum efficiency and ensuring long-lasting parts. If you lube your chain on the outside, the lube is going to get flung off without penetrating the chain. Lube the inside and the centrifugal forces will help drive the lube through the chain, exactly where you want it to be! Mind your fingers Many users found that this product improved and maintained their motorcycle’s performance. One customer wrote, “Lasts a while and so far no chain problem.” Another commented, “I used it on my motorcycle and it did quiet the chain.” This is the only graph where higher numbers are best. Here we can see the performance of the selected lubes in an IP 239 extreme pressure test. You should be interested in cleaning and lubricating your motorcycle chain if you have a chain final drive on your bike and you’re interested in helping your motorcycle chain last for a really long time.We put the chain in at this point so it heats up with the wax. This helps the metal parts to expand slightly, enabling the wax to get inside the rollers and pins, where it’s needed most. Würth High Performance Dry looks really good, and did well across the board but it struggled in comparison to the others in the wear and weld tests. How much that matters will have to come down to your own judgement, but it did have better wear protection than the Muc-Off. Here we can see the actual weight of the sand that was retained by the plates after being dusted. This was done AFTER the fling test, to provide a realistic example of how the lubes would perform on the bike. If you’re travelling with your bike, or simply don’t want to clean and wax chains in batches, then topping a waxed chain up with a wax-based drip lube is a decent way to extend the interval between full re-waxes. There are many different types of lubricants out there from various manufacturers. Each one has a specific formula that is designed to withstand certain conditions and work with different types of chains. Additionally, this stuff doesn't only lubricate but it can add protection and increase longevity. Types of Oil

If you’re thinking, “That sounds like quite a lot of hassle…”, you wouldn’t be wrong. It is, at least initially. Many found that the product “was easy to apply” and not very time-consuming. This is thanks to the brush tip and the white color that allows for controlled and accurate application.This graph shows the overall performance of the lubes, and the ten that performed the best in these tests… The obvious downside to this method is increased up-front cost, as you’ll need to buy more chains in one go. Place the chain in container number two, pour over enough methylated spirits to cover, and securely attach the lid. If that’s to be believed, you could also make an argument that you’re spending your money mostly on carrier fluid that’s designed to disappear into thin air. Coming from a notable brandthat has been around since 1979, the Maxima wax is one that many motorcycle enthusiasts constantly depend on. One loyal customer confirmed that they “have trusted Maxima for years to maintain the chain on my motorcycle.” Another buyer called it the “gold standard in motorcycle chain lube.”