Decided to try the paraffin wax for my bicycle chains. The first thing you need to do is take the bike chains off the bikes and to do this you need to break the chain and put on master links (missing links) on the chains.
Requires a chain break tool
After removing the chains they need a thorough cleaning to remove all the old lube and road grime then a final ultrasonic cleaning. Then the paraffin wax is heated up in an old crock pot and the chains are soaked in the very hot wax.
During this process the rear cassettes and rear derail-er jockey wheels were also thoroughly cleaned.
Then the derail-er jockey wheels were greased and re-assembled; something that rarely gets done but was dearly needed!
When this was finished on all three of my bikes I had learned a lot and felt pretty good about taking care of bicycle drive trains!
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