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Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 17th, 2020, 2:37 pm
by RichBinAZ
Hi, Just got the rower in May during the pandemic and one of the first maintenance items was to oil the chain after 50 hours of use. My wife helped me during the first oiling, but I thought there may be a way to let me do this on my own. I have not done an extensive search to see if a device existed for this, there may well be. But ass I'm a DIY kind of guy...
I made hook from a coat hanger that fits on the rower and holds the chain in an exposed position that makes chain oiling simpler.
Feel free to make your own if you like this design (you tube video) Just don't hurt yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWp1NohmJ5s
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 17th, 2020, 4:34 pm
by mict450
Bravo!! Great idea! This'll be my next DIY project after I finish off a few more pressing honey-do's.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 18th, 2020, 9:05 am
by blues_
I've thought about doing that very thing...but usually just ask my wife to come and hold the handle while I oil the chain.
We have to keep our families involved and engaged in the time of Covid.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 20th, 2020, 1:37 am
by jackarabit
Slick!!
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 20th, 2020, 6:15 am
by Ombrax
Very nice, Rich.
Maybe I'm paranoid, but I think I would have made the forward-most section a tad longer and added one more bend to the vertical part so there was a bit of wire pointing backwards, to make it less likely that the chain would slip off while I was oiling the chain. That of course makes it a bit more difficult to put the chain onto the hook, but better safe than sorry IMO.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: September 24th, 2020, 12:38 pm
by RichBinAZ
Longer hook is a good idea and so is a bit more bend angle...
I do have it bent more than 90 degrees so it is self hooking. Holding up my adjustable triangle to it, it looks like a 105° bend
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 21st, 2020, 12:26 pm
by ben_r_
Nice idea! I like it! Think Ill whip up something similar myself.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 22nd, 2020, 6:41 am
by RichBinAZ
Go for it.
I actually find it easier to hook the chain first, then slip it over the end of the rail - opposite of what I show in the video - but either way works.
Our rower is getting close to 200 hours, so it will need doing again.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 22nd, 2020, 7:25 am
by Nomath
Less sophisticated, a clothes hanger with a rotatable hook
Also handy when you want to check the bungee cord tension with a hand luggage scale.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 24th, 2020, 1:01 am
by mict450
I can feed rower handle through the spindles of our dining room chairs & pull out enough chain to lube full length. Simple, quick one-man job. What the Queen doesn't know ain't gonna hurt her!
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 24th, 2020, 12:50 pm
by Rumpled
Is there a bungee tension value?
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 24th, 2020, 12:59 pm
by Nomath
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 24th, 2020, 1:08 pm
by jackarabit
Rumpled wrote: ↑October 24th, 2020, 12:50 pm
Is there a bungee tension value?
Minimum to produce chain retraction without slack and slapping around at moderate stroke rates. Seem to recall 3-4kb from trigger pull scale. Sprinters rushing recovery to expedite high rate accept chain slap as part of the game and don’t worry about it.
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 25th, 2020, 3:43 pm
by Dino
RichBinAZ wrote: ↑September 17th, 2020, 2:37 pm
Hi, Just got the rower in May during the pandemic and one of the first maintenance items was to oil the chain after 50 hours of use. My wife helped me during the first oiling, but I thought there may be a way to let me do this on my own. I have not done an extensive search to see if a device existed for this, there may well be. But ass I'm a DIY kind of guy...
I made hook from a coat hanger that fits on the rower and holds the chain in an exposed position that makes chain oiling simpler.
Feel free to make your own if you like this design (you tube video) Just don't hurt yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWp1NohmJ5s
Thanks for sharing - worked a treat and saved me using a bungee cord attached to a toolbox
Re: Chain Oiling Hook
Posted: October 31st, 2020, 2:05 pm
by RichBinAZ
Love all the different methods