Daft question about light oil

GHill
GHill Posts: 2,402
edited February 2010 in MTB workshop & tech
Bear with me :oops:

Following the service instructions for a Hope ProII rear hub, I'm supposed to apply a light oil weekly (to ratchet seal and between cassette and hub). What should I be using as "light oil" - is there some brand name I should look for in the shop?

As a chemist, light oil is a type of crude to me :lol:

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    gets back in the chair.

    someone read the manual.

    a chain wet lube would do.

    but the new info from hope is that grease is ok.

    http://www.hopegb.com/page_mep_force_37.html

    at about 4:30 :wink:
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  • GHill
    GHill Posts: 2,402
    Cheers Nick.
  • stubs
    stubs Posts: 5,001
    Mavic hubs need a light mineral oil to lube the the freehub seal and pawls. After quite a lot of internet trawling and asking on forums I asked a bloke who used to be a cycle mechanic and he said Singer sewing machine oil or Shimano mineral brake fluid was the best.
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  • myopic
    myopic Posts: 692
    Belive it or not, I read exactly the same thing today and was wondering the same thing - you beat me to the question!

    (That's at least 3 of us who have read teh manual, Nick!)
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