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About a month ago I replaced my chain and both sprockets. I used a JT 17T and an Outlaw Racing 34T and this chain.
I think I am using 104 links, but that shouldn't matter.
I am using Walmart brand "Supertech" Lubricant (pretty much a generic WD-40) to clean the chain, wiping it down with an old piece of towel and then applying Liquid Wrench chain and cable lube (L711).
Anyway, I've probably got around 600 miles on this chain. I lubricated the chain during install and twice sense then. I don't have an odometer beside the one on my smartphone's speedometer app. So I know rough mileage but not exact. I've been trying to clean and lube the chain every 200 miles. After this weekends rain the chain took on the orangish color of flash rust. and I noticed a couple of small rust spots on my sprockets. Once I cleaned and lubed the chain yesterday the orange went away and the squeak went away but I noticed that three links are kinked. I tried to straighten them but they are pretty stuck. I watched the kinks as I rotated the rear tire and they do not conform to the sprocket but stay raised.
I know those kinks will wear my sprockets out faster and could cause the chain to fail. I purposely bought a cheap non-o-ring with the intentions of replacing it more frequently than I would otherwise. I was expecting more than a month from it though.
I looked around the internet and all I've really found relates to people having kinks in old chains and it being a sign that its time to replace. Is there a way to save my chain? Would a kerosene bath, or something similar work?
I think I am using 104 links, but that shouldn't matter.
I am using Walmart brand "Supertech" Lubricant (pretty much a generic WD-40) to clean the chain, wiping it down with an old piece of towel and then applying Liquid Wrench chain and cable lube (L711).
Anyway, I've probably got around 600 miles on this chain. I lubricated the chain during install and twice sense then. I don't have an odometer beside the one on my smartphone's speedometer app. So I know rough mileage but not exact. I've been trying to clean and lube the chain every 200 miles. After this weekends rain the chain took on the orangish color of flash rust. and I noticed a couple of small rust spots on my sprockets. Once I cleaned and lubed the chain yesterday the orange went away and the squeak went away but I noticed that three links are kinked. I tried to straighten them but they are pretty stuck. I watched the kinks as I rotated the rear tire and they do not conform to the sprocket but stay raised.
I know those kinks will wear my sprockets out faster and could cause the chain to fail. I purposely bought a cheap non-o-ring with the intentions of replacing it more frequently than I would otherwise. I was expecting more than a month from it though.
I looked around the internet and all I've really found relates to people having kinks in old chains and it being a sign that its time to replace. Is there a way to save my chain? Would a kerosene bath, or something similar work?