Greasing new wheel hub required? (photo included)

t0ny

Hi there,

I have just purchased some new wheels, but thought I had better check what I need to do in terms of grease before putting some miles in.

Here is a photo of the new wheel hub with the old cassette installed on it:



What I want to know is does the hub need to have grease put into it, as my old wheel hub appears to have some?

If so what grease do I need to put in there?

Thanks for any help

Al_38

I assume you aren't talking about stripping the hub down and re-greasing the bearings - These should already be suitably greased and set up if its a new hub.

Personally I tend to put a bit of copper grease under the cassette - i.e. on the splines between it and the cassette and also on the shaft of the skewer. These aren't rotating parts but coppa-slip or similar makes sure they wont stick together and be a pig to dismantle. Normal grease would probably work fine for both these applications too.

Al

t0ny

No nothing that complicated, I had to look up how to remove the cassette in the first place!

The part i mean to grease is in the hub under where the the cassette lockring goes. Does that make sense? My other wheel hub has grease in it there....

Bugly

no grease there would do nothing useful - there are no bearings there- you can put a dab of grease on the thread of the lockring but no more.

Grease is required on bearing surfaces but too much grease does nothign apart from making one large mess

nicklouse

well in your picture the cassette is fitted but not locked in place, you can put some grease in there to help reduce any water ingress but that is it really.