Can you oil a bike chain with WD-40 or silicone spray?

Wd-40 is not a lubricant that you want to put on a chain it will remove any lube that is there and actually make it worse. Go to the local bike shop and get some chain oil. Walmart started selling White lighting chain oil which is also good. Stay away from silicone, motor oil, 3 in 1 oil is vegetable based and will gum things up.





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http://bicycletutor.com/no-wd40-bike-cha鈥?/a>Can you oil a bike chain with WD-40 or silicone spray?
The very best, of course is lubricant made for chains. Biketiresdirect.com and Nashbar.com both ship very quickly and have the best chain lubes you can buy. Local bike shops have chain lube. Even Wal-Mart, in the bicycle department sells a high quality chain lubricant (go figure!)





Finish Line makes wet lube -- Ceramic WET Lube, dry lube -- Ceramic WAX Lube, and dry fluoropolymer -- Dry Teflon Lube. Any of these (and others) by Finish Line will increase the service life of your chain.





The problem of ordinary oils is ';sling';. They are not made to stay in the roller and pin assembly of the chain. That is the critical lubrication point. As the chain goes around the gears and idlers centripetal force makes ordinary oil spray off the chain.





I prefer a dry chain lubricant as they do not hold onto dust, dirt and grit that can wear the metal. Half the gritty material kicked up from your front tire usually lands on the chain.Can you oil a bike chain with WD-40 or silicone spray?
Yes, you CAN... however, you really shouldn't...





As Bob mentions WD isnt truly a lubricant, at least not in the sense of whats needed for a bike chain.





White Lightening is good. Finish Line also makes a parafin wax based lube that works very well but costs a bit more. If you like wax lubes, I'd recommend it highly.


If you like traditional lubes, nothing beats Rock-N-Roll lubes. Their 'Gold' lube is easily the best lube I've ever put on any bike, really amazing stuff... actually cleans your drivetrain as it lubes.
I use WD 40 on kids bikes that are already rusty or messed up. It loosens up the chain and seems to give some lubrication.





On my own bike I use WD-40 to clean my chain off. Then I use the oil that someone else mention - White Lightening.





So I guess I think of WD-40 as cleaner and fixer (is that a word?). I would use something other than WD-40 to oil your chain.
no WD-40 just will clean your chain at best. I usually use it to clean my chain and then use dirt bike chain lube after. works great for me.