Originally Posted by
jrobe
It is irrelevant to me because I am not going to remove the lube from where it is needed most in the first place (by soaking in a solvent). It is counter-productive, unnecessary, a waste of time and will eventually cost me extra money on chains.
But not to some of us who may be trying to incorporate your advice into our own process. I usually clean and re-lube chains in the afternoon and don't ride for at least 12 hours. So if that's enough time for lube to be drawn into the gaps between endplates or pins, there's no reason to stop using my ultrasonic cleaner (which takes virtually no time), now is there?