[Closed] Ultrasonic cleaner for drivetrain?

you can yes, and it can do a good job. Problem is getting one with a bowl big enbough to take the modern dinner-plate sized cassettes

I've been trying to convince myself I need one of these for years now.
nbt nails it, size is a challenge.
I think as long was it was wide enough to take a cassette as least 1/2 submerged you could always rotate and give it another blast.

It will do half a cassette, then turn it round...

I have an ultrasonic cleaner, done a couple of particularly bad cassettes in it but find it's often much easier with a bit of Morgan's blue. No heating up water and an annoying buzz for an hour.

Yeah I tried a gnarly chain and rear mech in one. Degreaser and a kitchen brush worked much better.

They are good for other things though. Carburettor parts, and router cutters with resin build up amongst many.

For chains ime it's no better than just getting a tough plastic tub (a food dish with a seal like people use to carry soup around is ideal), putting in some paraffin, and giving it a bit of a soak and a couple of good big shakes. Works fantastic. But you do need to use a good regreasing approach like a melt-in wax because it cleans the rollers out too. There's no halfway house here, if you deep clean a chain you have to seriously relube it.

Don;t try and use a glass jar or a lightweight container, it'll break with the weight of the chain and the force of the shaking, you're not just splashing it.

For cassettes that doesn't work so well- not really sure why tbh! But unfortunately I can't fit my cassettes in my little ultrasound so can't compare.

Thanks all.
It's a toss up between an ultrasonic or parts washer.
The ultrasonic seemed better due ti having to put less effort in lol, but I don't mind giving stuff a scrub with a brush.