Originally Posted by
howaboutme
I'm beginning to think it may be the lube. Before the Wolf Tooth, I used Finish Line (before that it was brand new) and I don't remember it getting black so soon. I'll continue to work on the work flow and try different lubes.
In this post and your first one, you fail to mention a very important step in the lubrication process. Assuming you don’t do it, that would result in the condition you describe.
That step is to completely wipe off all of the lubrication you just applied (after back pedaling the chain for a few revolutions).
Do you perform this very important step?