http://chaintools.com/blog/better-to-buy-new-chain-or-a-chain-cleaner-tool/ ChainTools.com Sun, 20 May 2012 00:55:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://chaintools.com/blog/better-to-buy-new-chain-or-a-chain-cleaner-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Bob A Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:20:24 +0000 http://chaintools.com/2008/11/08/better-to-buy-new-chain-or-a-chain-cleaner-tool/#comment-52 If the teeth on the gears look good i would go with a new chain and some chain lube. Always clean your chain before adding any oil, if you don't the oil will wash the grit into the pins and rollers. If the teeth on the gears look good i would go with a new chain and some chain lube. Always clean your chain before adding any oil, if you don’t the oil will wash the grit into the pins and rollers.

]]> http://chaintools.com/blog/better-to-buy-new-chain-or-a-chain-cleaner-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Ric Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:21:58 +0000 http://chaintools.com/2008/11/08/better-to-buy-new-chain-or-a-chain-cleaner-tool/#comment-51 It doesn't sound like the bike has had a real good maintenance schedule. Check your gears (chain rings, cassette) and find out how bad there worn and if there not bad then I'd just replace the chain, if they are bad then you'll need to replace gears and chain. If you don't want to go to the expense of new parts just clean the old chain and put it back on because that chain matches the gears you're using. I wouldn't put a new chain on old or worn gears because it will just create problems with the new chain jumping off the gears because the new chain will not seat properly in the old gears. As far as the chain cleaning tool goes, I wouldn't bother with one. I had the Park Tool Cyclone Chain Scrubber and all it did was make a mess. It doesn’t sound like the bike has had a real good maintenance schedule. Check your gears (chain rings, cassette) and find out how bad there worn and if there not bad then I’d just replace the chain, if they are bad then you’ll need to replace gears and chain.
If you don’t want to go to the expense of new parts just clean the old chain and put it back on because that chain matches the gears you’re using.
I wouldn’t put a new chain on old or worn gears because it will just create problems with the new chain jumping off the gears because the new chain will not seat properly in the old gears.
As far as the chain cleaning tool goes, I wouldn’t bother with one. I had the Park Tool Cyclone Chain Scrubber and all it did was make a mess.

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