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Thanks for the diagrams guys - I assumed thats where it was, but I didn't want to assume that.
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no? 
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I have friends who coat their bikes in WD-40 for over the winter storage, and then clean the bikes off in the spring with simple green and water. (Hows that for a tie in).
I know Ray covers his bike in wd over winter, and his bike has had no adverse readctions, but we don't get simple green over here so dunno what he cleans it off with....
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*I have even heard of folks spraying it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain.
When I was young I thought that was pure bunk. Got the stuff all over my aching wrist this past Saturday morning and it felt good all day. I may begin to apply a liberal coating.
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Tomato paste, raw egg, onions, and bread crumbs. That's why it works in Matt's meatloaf.
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*I have even heard of folks spraying it on their arms, hands, and knees to relieve arthritis pain.
When I was young I thought that was pure bunk. Got the stuff all over my aching wrist this past Saturday morning and it felt good all day. I may begin to apply a liberal coating.
Just keep in mind that anything that you apply to your skin becomes systemic, and I don't think I am too keen to bring WD-40 into my system. Can you spell carcinogenic? 
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I tried it on the pigeons. Didn't work, I am back to CB longs. Dave 
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I miss Red Green they were on public TV here for awhile! Harold cracked me up!!
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WD-40 is great for releasing corroded nuts and bolts etc but I wouldn't use it for cleaning anything thats supposed to be greasy -i.e. a chain, for that very reason.
The way my head sees it is if you've got something in a liquid formm so effective at removing and breaking down oil/grease then this is exactly what you DON'T want happeneing on something like a chain that needs to be well lubricated. Surely this would just lead to excessive wear and premature failure.
Thats just how my head sees it. And also, this little snippet from the Triumph website too...
Caution
The use of silicone products such as WD40 will cause discolouration of the chrome and must not be used. Similarly, the use of abrasive cleaners such as Solvol Autosol will damage the system and must not be used.
However I'm still a big fan of the stuff.
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I miss Red Green they were on public TV here for awhile! Harold cracked me up!!
They're still on in the Pittsburgh area. Best entertainment to sneak across the northern border since Sgt. Preston (now, that ought to take you back...)
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Any guesses as to what the stuff is made of?
Soy?
Someone just sent this e-mail to me at work and at the bottom it says it made with fish oil. 
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WD-40 is great for releasing corroded nuts and bolts etc but I wouldn't use it for cleaning anything thats supposed to be greasy -i.e. a chain, for that very reason.
The way my head sees it is if you've got something in a liquid formm so effective at removing and breaking down oil/grease then this is exactly what you DON'T want happeneing on something like a chain that needs to be well lubricated.
JC
I have always thought the same thing. I am heavily into bicycle riding (over 300 miles a week), and a lot of folks use WD-40 to clean their chains. It always seem silly to have something on the chain that fights grease when you are about to oil it in that it would seem difficult to get it all off prior to the lubrication phase.
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WD-40 was originally developed back in the 60's and was a mix of solvent and oil. The solvent cleans off the crud then evaporates leaving the oil residue. That's the theory anyway.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.
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"Ken East (one of the original founders) says there is nothing in WD-40 that would hurt you. "
After telling the guys here at work this.
They read off the can "injesting this product could be harmfull or fatal"
Great now I've got a dead crew, and have to finish all this dam work by myself....
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