Scottoiler service is excellent I've found too. Prev posts mention using WD40 - I have always found that this stuff dissolves rubber. Try some on your car screen rubber and then wipe with a cloth - it will be black. GT85 however, same price, doesn't. Plus it is superb for squirting on brake caliper pistons after cleaning with brake cleaner and toothbrush. It leaves a ptfe residue which makes for the best feeling calipers ever. And it smells great - I put a dab behind each ear on Friday nights...
Presently using genuine Stihl chainsaw oil in Scottoiler which seems to do the trick and at £12 for 5 litres great value. I've never had any probs with genuine Stihl stuff/chainsaws. Single nozzle seems fine, although the back sideplates need a squirt of chainwax just to keep from rusting. When I bought my TDM it had the telltale rythmic speed related clicking of a worn link. Not rivetted correctly when fitted so grease disappears and they wear prematurely. New link sorted it but I couldn't help but notice how small the pin diameter was. Cheap chain? Santa bought me a gen Yam C&S kit so after winter I will fit it.
Tyres are made from oil, so quite why folk have this aversion to getting a bit on them is a puzzle. Oily wheels don't corrode. And it would take a bigger dollop than a Scottoiler could dispense to fetch you off.
With petrol prices today I'm surprised no one has mentioned how much more efficient a chain is when well lubed. Or how much less efficient/heavy shaft drive is at any time.
Presently using genuine Stihl chainsaw oil in Scottoiler which seems to do the trick and at £12 for 5 litres great value. I've never had any probs with genuine Stihl stuff/chainsaws. Single nozzle seems fine, although the back sideplates need a squirt of chainwax just to keep from rusting. When I bought my TDM it had the telltale rythmic speed related clicking of a worn link. Not rivetted correctly when fitted so grease disappears and they wear prematurely. New link sorted it but I couldn't help but notice how small the pin diameter was. Cheap chain? Santa bought me a gen Yam C&S kit so after winter I will fit it.
Tyres are made from oil, so quite why folk have this aversion to getting a bit on them is a puzzle. Oily wheels don't corrode. And it would take a bigger dollop than a Scottoiler could dispense to fetch you off.
With petrol prices today I'm surprised no one has mentioned how much more efficient a chain is when well lubed. Or how much less efficient/heavy shaft drive is at any time.