 Chain install question....
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I installed my new RK chain today. It came coated with some sticky greasy stuff. I cleaned that sticky stuff off then wondered if I was supposed to or not. Nothing was mentioned in the instructions.
Your thoughts?????
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Re: Chain install question....
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Complete Newb
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Complete Newb
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I never have, Zmilin. I've installed, ridden, and lubed as per normal. My chains haven't suffered as a result.
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Re: Chain install question....
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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A friend once said about my chain... "it's cleaner than the cutlery in my kitchen." That said, I wiped off as much of that sticky stuff as I could on my new chain. I figured it's only gonna attract grit and grime and was so unsightly!
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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Used to. but now it gets wiped off at the first 500 mile lube point. What sucks is that no lube tube comes with an RK chain. you have to wipe the rubber o-rings on the chain to get the lube on before you rivet the mlink.
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Fe Butt
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Leave it on, it's grease on some and cosmoline on others either way no need to clean it off.
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"Z" I don't think it matters much ole buddy do as you wish about it I probably would not wipe it off, but I am a horse of a different color. Sounds like you already wiped it off. Don't try to put it back on 
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Re: Chain install question....
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yeah, its already a done deal that I wiped t all off. I was just wondering if I screwed up or not. Sounds like not.
BTW....the RK chain came with a ML that was coated in the same stuff. The O rings were in the same package and were also coated in the stuff.
SOLD: 07 Black BA, 39mm FCRs, TPUSA stage 1 head, TPUSA 813 cams, TPUSA 10.8:1 pistons, TTP #3 igniter, Specialty Spares Long Cannons, Tsukayu Hard Bags. 82HP/55tq
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