Thumper Club Forum
Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: guest7 on March 01, 2011, 09:13:16 AM
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And when I say Loobman, I don't mean Richard and his oil-filled handbag :D
Cheers JohnR, thanks so much for taking the time to sort all this out. I've PM'd you.
GC
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Mine arrived as well, thank you for your efforts with this John.
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I've had the 'old' Loobman for several years and it has been great! I'd be interested to see how this 'push button' version works?...I can't seems to find any pictures.
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I've got one but I think the vaseline is too thick to pass through the tubes properly.
It rots rubber you know.
Richard
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It rots rubber you know.
Richard
Just ask his kids. ;)
Mark
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Thank you indeed johnr. Postie left them in the woodshed, with a wee note scrawled across another letter. Kat then played hunt the package through the log pile until she found it and didn't know what was going on as I've been working away.
Muchos gracias, Bill.
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Mines turned up too. Cheers matey
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Haven't had mine yet. :(
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Mine arrived safely today, many thanks John. (methinks you had shares in Sellotape!!)
Ian :)
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Thanks John, mines here to.
Just got to work out how to fit it to the bike.
Leaving Richards vaseline out of it, whats the best oil to use both on an ordiany chain and an x ring chain?
beeman
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Thanks John, mines here to.
Just got to work out how to fit it to the bike.
Leaving Richards vaseline out of it, whats the best oil to use both on an ordiany chain and an x ring chain?
beeman
I've always used the cheapest 10/40 or 20/50 I can find. As long as it's clean new oil it doesn't seem to matter too much.
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i use old engine oil in mine, cos ive got plenty of it, it only gets flung off anyway. doesnt seem to do it any harm.
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On an uncharacteristically serious note may I reccomend a cheap chainsaw lube. Contains 'non-fling' additives and is cheaper than bike chain lube. Mid Wales residents can get it from Charlies.
Engine oil can be a bit thin.
Richard
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i use old engine oil in mine, cos ive got plenty of it, it only gets flung off anyway. doesnt seem to do it any harm.
I was lead to understand that while you can use old engine oil on cheap roller chains - thats what I used on the old GN250 - O rings and X rings really don't like all the microscopic bits of engine in old oil, apparently it buggers up the O rings. :-\
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On an uncharacteristically serious note may I reccomend a cheap chainsaw lube. Contains 'non-fling' additives and is cheaper than bike chain lube. Mid Wales residents can get it from Charlies.
Engine oil can be a bit thin.
Richard
Agreed, but not living in Mid-Wales I've no idea whom "Charlies" might be! :)
Alternative is either EP80 or EP90. Used engine oil is last resort and I don't like semi-synthetic/synthetic polymers on my back tyre or the swarf that it may contain. Definitely played havoc when used on chainsaw chains and pumps, if the contract payments were late coming through. Often resulted in excessive wear between the plates/rivets and potential scoring to the pump plunger and bore! ??? ???
"Nowt worse than having yur plunger badly scored in the bore lad!" ::)
Toodle pip and 'Thanks' again 'johnr', Bill.
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This seems reasonable
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Motorcycle-Bicycle-Chainsaw-Chain-200ml/dp/B004LXO0V2
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i use old engine oil in mine, cos ive got plenty of it, it only gets flung off anyway. doesnt seem to do it any harm.
I was lead to understand that while you can use old engine oil on cheap roller chains - thats what I used on the old GN250 - O rings and X rings really don't like all the microscopic bits of engine in old oil, apparently it buggers up the O rings. :-\
well yes and no. certainly, in a lab with the right amount of measuiring equipment to hand you might be able to shopw that old engine oil isnt as good as new engine oil. but lets face it, i bet the bearings shells cams and pistons in my engine give the oil more grief than the chain does, and they have the same oil in there for thousands of revolutions per minute. where on the chain its dribbled on and then works its way off again. im sure if it contained anything that damaged metal and rubber, it would have damaged the engine bits first. besides, thats nothing to the grit and dirt and debris that will become encrusted onto the chain in use, i bet they do it more harm than the oil.
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John, received mine. Thanks for sorting it all out.
Mark
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ok, anyone NOT got their oiler yet?
also, any pictures yet of them fitted?
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also, any pictures yet of them fitted?
Give us a chance, they haven't been on the shelf for 6 months yet. ::)
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Saving the loobman for the new bike.
Oh I'm sorry, didn't I say? I'm getting a new bike next week! ;D ;D ;D ;D