Grease!

craigwend
craigwend Posts: 321
edited September 2007 in Workshop
Anyone got a good guide to use which lubrication / grease with what? (not just chains)

more specifically seat post in frames, stems in frames, for example alloy i n steel, ti in ti, carbon in ti, pedals in chainsets, etc...
There's always www.cyclechat.co.uk

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    Depends what you use it for - oil/lube for chains/cables and things that move fast. Grease for bearings and things that move slowly. Assembly compound for things that don't move but you don't want them sticking. I use Finish Line XC lube for chains / cables. A waterproof grease for all bearings and an assembly compound for static components - as well as Loctite for things like stem bolts and anything I don't want to come lose. Ti and aluminium is particularly succeptable to corrosion and the need for a good 'barrier' or assembly compound,
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Lif30057840
    Lif30057840 Posts: 72
    oil/spray lube for chains but grease everything else. As strange as it may seem a greased bolt can b tightened better than an ungreased 1( and wont seize).
    Good Luck and Be Fecund
  • schlepcycling
    schlepcycling Posts: 1,614
    Is the word!...... :lol::lol:
    'Hello to Jason Isaacs'
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    finish line grease or parktool polylube.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • MattBlackBigBoysBMX
    MattBlackBigBoysBMX Posts: 398
    I've always used Finish Line and been happy with it.
    For Ti you need a proper anti-seize compound.
    Wheelies ARE cool.

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