Squirt & Squeak!

[jesusbuiltmycar]

On the back of several recommendations I decided to try using "Squirt" chain lube. It is wax based and should in theory mean less muck on the chain and on the bike.

2 weeks ago I thoroughly de-greased a nearly new chain and applied "Squirt" twice, to each link of the chain, according to the instructions. I left the bike overnight and rode it the next morning. After about 2 miles a noticed a slight squeak coming from the chain. I have since applied squirt 5 times and I just cannot get rid of the annoying squeak. Am I doing something wrong or is it just that Squirt is a bit st?

[Juffled]

Squirt works fine for me, I don't do anything fancy, just run the lube on the inside of the chain as I spin the cranks, leave it however long (usually overnight) and then ride. = Clean and quiet drivetrain.

Only thing I would suggest is stop with the 2 drops nonsense, just do what I do so the fluid can work its way in-between the links as it goes round the crank/cassette/jockey wheels.

[yellowjack]

In the spring and summer, I've been absolutely happy with 'squirt', but recently I've had to abandon it on the MTB in favour of traditional 'wet lube' oil.

When it's dry, or even when it's just a little bit wet, the squirt stuff gets into the rollers and fills the space to prevent any annoying grittiness getting in there to wear away the pins and rollers. Sadly, when I'm sploshing through muddy puddles and the tyres are throwing mud and sandy grit about everywhere, the 'Squirt' gets washed out and is replaced by a load of grit/silt.

Using wet lube doesn't get rid of the problem (it still ends up with a gritty chain) but it's far easier to clean out the wet lube with a solvent degreaser and apply oil to a clean chain.

I've not given up on Squirt altogether, it'll still be my go-to lube for drier conditions and possibly through the winter on my road bike, but so far as I can see it's not going to cut the mustard for a MTB chain through a mucky British winter...

[anonymous-user]

Squeeks often come from the pulley wheels rather than the chain. Try your love on the centre of those.

[snotrag]

Wrong time of year for wax lube. Wet lube and clean it regularly. Years of experience have taught me this, wax lube is great if you live in California or for the 4 days of summer in the UK each year.

[anonymous-user]

For just £250 you can get this automatic oiler

http://flaer.com/revo-via/

With lube at £40 a litre

I saw it at the cycle show the other week

Personally I would have felt offended if they offered to give me one for free, but it might suit some people

[Tommonik123]

I use ceramic lube, always just seems to make things run smoother and quieter Though it seems to attract dirt to the chain like crazy but i tend to clean it pretty reguarly.

[jesusbuiltmycar]

The jockey wheels should be fine - the derailleur was replaced less than 1000km ago (I wanted a lower gear so got a wi-fli version)...

I re-applied yesterday and will give it a second coating tonight. The chain now looks like it has a decent coating of wax. If the squeak is still there tomorrow I will switch back to Muc-Off ceramic dry lube or Muc-Off wet lube which I know will be squeak free...