Cleaning front sprocket cavity?

[SS4Luck]

What is the best way to clean out the cavity the front sprocket is in? I need to swap my front sprocket tonight and while im in there want to get everything cleaned off. It's got a bunch of building up random chain lube and the chain wax and all the rest of the poop that gets caught up in there. Is it as easy as blasting it out with a bunch of brake/chain cleaner?

 

[Dustin02]

I always use the chain cleaner and a stiff nylon brush.

 

[Blanca BusaLess]

Put down some cardboard and blast away

 

[sixpack577]

Dawn Powerwash is a really good degreaser too, if you're working somewhere you need to be able to breathe, lol

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Are there pics or a video of the process in removing the cover?

 

[Bumblebee]

Dawn Powerwash is a really good degreaser too, if you're working somewhere you need to be able to breathe, lol

We used to be able to get a good degreaser called "Simple Green" and it worked great...that and an old toothbrush worked great....

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

We used to be able to get a good degreaser called "Simple Green" and it worked great...that and an old toothbrush worked great....

Simple Green is good stuff but I’ve learned that Plexus has doubled in price lately and nearly unobtainable.

 

[MonkeyButtRides]

Are there pics or a video of the process in removing the cover?

It's not too hard, you need to loosen the side fairing to get to one of the cover bolts, but I removed mine to swap the bike over to GP shift.

 

[WuzzaCBXRider]

Thanks, I found this. I’m not changing the sprocket but the process is the same and I’d like to clean in there too.

 

[sixpack577]

We used to be able to get a good degreaser called "Simple Green" and it worked great...that and an old toothbrush worked great....

I have been using Simple Green for years, and it really works great...I have 16 gallons of the lemon flavor in my parts washer.
No poison fumes, and doesn't eat your skin, so it's basement safe, lol
The Dawn Powerwash sprays on as a foam, so it's easier to keep it where you need it, but when it comes to liquid degreaser, I always use Simple Green.