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Hi,

Check the pictures here, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/30m7s4e7d...tlqRk5Ula?dl=0

What do you think. Is the oil can in a safe place, or does it touch the chain protection if the suspension goes to the bottom.

Interesting idea. :023:

I assume you have to manually pump the lever to get it to feed oil on to the chain?

I think the can will clear the chain guard when the suspension is compressed.

One observation (not a criticism) is that because the oil is being delivered to the top (outside of the chain) centrifugal force will fling the oil outwards and straight off the chain. It won't penetrate the rollers and side plates.

Normally (with an off-the-shelf oiler) you would feed the oil onto the top of the lower chain run just in front, or at the bottom of the rear sprocket. This means that as the chain goes round the sprocket the oil is pushed from the inside through the side plates/rollers to the outside and then flung off carrying any dirt with it.

I think you'll find the set-up will be less messy and you'll get more oil onto the important bits of the chain if you can feed onto the top of the lower run somewhere near the rear sprocket.

Thank you for your answer. Yes, I pump 3-5 times that can and oil flow slowly to chain. There are 3cm slice of bigger pipe after can and it collect the oil and then it goes slowly in smaller pipe to chain. Your idea is right. I will change thw place. I try to copy this idea
http://www.osco-webshop.com/en/home.html

and with that OSCO -system, oil goes over chain.

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Originally Posted by Pleiades (Post 210634)

I think the Osco is meant to be used at low speeds. At higher speed, i'm sure the oil will fly away due to airflow

Other automatic chain oilers apply to the sprocket. I have a CLS system, with just a single nozzle, which isnt perfect, but does apply perfectly to one side.

I just change the pipe go inside the chain, after front sprocket over the chain guide pulley (don't know the word).
And it's seems that it's better place. If I have a chain guider it would be easy to put the pipe next to rear sprocket.