I am looking for a decent chain cleaner machine the you can put on and let it does it job ....... I am sick of using the other halfs toothbrush ........    ta Ginger x                                                                                                                                                                               

Dont thing thay make one you could always spent £100.00 + on a parts washer but there just a brush on a hose                                                                                                                                                                              

You can get a chain cleaning brush, looks like a giant toothbrush, for about a tenner. 
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Laser-4140-Chain-Cleaning-Brush...B002TZWEF8

or has anyone ever used one of these?

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/KETTENMAX_Motorcycle_Chain_C...rce=google                                                                                                                                                                             

The second link looks a good bit of kit and not that expensive                                                                                                                                                                              

oh good grief! whats up with wd40 and a clean rag!!! and then some wurth chain wax - doesnt end up everywhere you dont want it!                                                                                                                                                                             

  I am sick of using the other halfs toothbrush ........   PML, I bet SHE is too                                                                                                                                                                              

I've got one of the giant toothbrush thingies, and it's great.                                                                                                                                                                             

WD40 buggers up the o rings on chains kwakgirl.

                                                                                                                                                                             

I have heard the same about WD40 on O rings, something to do with the propellent .                                                                                                                                                                             

The makers of WD40 says it doesn't affect O rings - but then they would say that, surely?

My experience with WD40 is that it tends to make rubber and similar  compounds soft and / or swollen.  But even if the O rings are left unharmed the WD40 is similar to a penetrating fluid and therefore likely to creep past the O ring and contaminate / break down the grease within the links that the O ring is supposed to protect and retain.

I suppose if you have the sort of bike that 'eats chains' then the chain may become stretched / worn and require replacing before the WD40 can work its way in to do harm.  For myself I just spin the wheel whilst the chain passes through a piece of lint free cloth and then just lightly spray some quality chain lube on it.

Just fit a Scott oiler.
End of problem.
Dusty x                                                                                                                                                                              

i have a scott oiler its a bit messy but not to bad if you keep it adjusted, chain last hell of a lot longer, i tried most sprays and they were just as bad or worse for fling and chains didn't last long                                                                                                                                                                              

Even with a scott oiler, you should still clean all the grit and crap off your chain periodically. I ride all weathers, all year round  and my last chain did nearly 30k / 3 years.
I've got an auto-brush thingy for my bicycle chain & could swear I've seen one for motorbikes - try Busters / M&P etc.
But - having found broken links on chains in the past - I think there's a lot to be said for a tooth brush, rag, and bare hands...

for the last 20 yrs i have cleaned my chains with WD....never had a broken or damaged chain and i get plenty of life out of them. i do a proper job of cleaning them every 500mls or so...i dont leave WD dripping off the chain but keep turning the wheel until the rag as well as the chain and sprocket is clean...i.e. no residue. and i dont leave it soaking in either.

How about an old fashioned method. A paint brush and some parafin. Any solvent will do as long as it doesn't  eat the rubber seals that are on most chains now.                                                                                                                                                                             

i use paraffin all the time for cleaning oily bits on bikes and cars, it's cheep and cheerful                                                                                                                                                                                

I got one of these:
http://www.getgeared.co.uk/KETTENMAX_Motorcycle_Chain_Cleaner_and_Greaser?utm_medium=shopping_feed&utm_source=google

Works for me and seems to do a good job. I use a chain degreaser fluid then out on a chain wax. :)

http://www.getgeared.co.uk/KETTENMAX_Motorcycle_Chain_Cleaner_and_Greaser?utm_medium=shopping_feed&utm_source=google    nice 1 - gonna get one of these                                                                                                                                                                               

And let's face it, if a dumbass Essex bird like me can use it then you guys might be in with a chance of figuring out how it works. ;D lol                                                                                                                                                                             

Is this the same dumbass Essex bird who's posted in another thread about problems with a BMW? 
(puts on patronising voice) They've got shaft drive, m'dear