cleaning

in message , Simon Mason
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"Sandy Morton" wrote in message
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In article , phenian
wrote:
I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket
'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush
the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil
through the gap....'

What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil?

Acetone.

Actually acetone is pretty rubbish as a solvent for oil, it's more
useful
for nail varnish and paint. For oil you need something like petrol,
diesel or Gunk (tm).

I prefer parafin.

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Phenian wrote:
I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket
'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush
the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil
through the gap....'
What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil?
cheers


cleaning can be simplyfied by using an active fluid system fo
scottoiler http://www.scottoiler.com/active.asp the special oil i
watersoluble allowing you to clean easily with water here is a couple o
review links - http://www.kinetics.org.uk/cgi
bin/criticalreviews.pl?showreview=Scott[/url] an
]http://www.bikemagic.com/review/reviewproduct/mps/RPN/15502/v/1/sp


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