Grease (not the musical)

Da Mighty Chicken

Hi chaps & chapesses,

What greases do you use & for what part of the bike?

I want to get some bits in and need to know whats the best ideas for BB threads, headset, hubs, seat post etc etc.....


Cheers all

jay12

shimano workshop grease

Da Mighty Chicken

jay12 wrote:

shimano workshop grease

Thanks Jay, I was looking at that one, have you used it? Where did you use it (on the bike)

jay12

Da Mighty Chicken wrote:

jay12 wrote:

shimano workshop grease

Thanks Jay, I was looking at that one, have you used it? Where did you use it (on the bike)

yes i have. had it for about 5 months now. headset, hubs etc...no problems with it at all

Da Mighty Chicken

It looks good stuff and apparently wont damage rubber seals.

Anyone else have any recs? Have seen Silkolene RG2 Pro, Castrol LM & my LBS recommended Coppaslip for threads?

The Big Cheese

http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/f ... grease.htm

Finishline Teflon grease - great stuff!

jay12

The Big Cheese wrote:

http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/fortified-grease.htm

Finishline Teflon grease - great stuff!

had that before and isn't as good as shimano grease

The Big Cheese

jay12 wrote:

The Big Cheese wrote:

http://www.finishlineusa.com/products/fortified-grease.htm

Finishline Teflon grease - great stuff!

had that before and isn't as good as shimano grease

Is this based on your vast lifetime experience of working with different greases...

richg1979

Finishline Teflon grease +1

Da Mighty Chicken

Is the Finishline Teflon good to go on all parts of the bike? One grease to grease them all?

Shorty12

I just bought 3kg of grease from ebay for about 15 quid so much cheaper than bike specific grease and does similar job

Da Mighty Chicken

Shorty12 wrote:

I just bought 3kg of grease from ebay for about 15 quid so much cheaper than bike specific grease and does similar job

Got a link Shorty? Have you used it before?

richg1979

Make sure its synthetic based and not petrolium.

And yes i use finishline on pretty much everything.

The Big Cheese

Da Mighty Chicken wrote:

Is the Finishline Teflon good to go on all parts of the bike? One grease to grease them all?

I use it all overm, headset, bearings, hubs, BB threads etc.. no issues at all.

Its what my LBS (when I lived in Ramsgate) recommended me, and I have used it ever since!

Get the tub, lasts ages.

Shorty12

It's similar to this http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/EP2-3KG_Gr ... p?shopping


I put it in pretty much everything and it's really good

Da Mighty Chicken

I take it its this stuff? http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=980

It doesn't mention anything about not destroying rubber seals and the like, I assume its ok for these things?

Thanks for all your input so far peeps

The Big Cheese

I dont use it on my forks so cant comment on that one but I think its Lithium grease that should be avoided for forks...

I know its pricey but get the smaller tub - it will last for donkeys and its nice to work with and not messy at all.. unlike the weldtite red grease which is good, but is a bugger to clean up/get out of clothes....

Da Mighty Chicken

The Big Cheese wrote:

I dont use it on my forks so cant comment on that one but I think its Lithium grease that should be avoided for forks...

I know its pricey but get the smaller tub - it will last for donkeys and its nice to work with and not messy at all.. unlike the weldtite red grease which is good, but is a bugger to clean up/get out of clothes....

Thanks Master Cheese,

I was more thinking of my hubs as the end spacers have a rubber seal on them, but reading the gen on the F/L grease it seems like the stuff to get.

Thanks again all, I think I'm gonna try the Finish Line grease first and see how I go, whats the worst that can happen (cue Dr Pepper advert, £2.5k bike in pieces, destroyed, me crying next to it)

alexj2233

Another +1 for the finishline teflon grease. I got mine from halfords about a tenner.

The Big Cheese

Also, get an old smallish brush for application. I use an old pastry brush LOL

kaytronika

I use the Bike Hut teflon one.

It's purple.

Mmmmmm purple.

cat_with_no_tail

I use the Weldtite TF2 red teflon grease that cheese was mentioning earlier on (the one in the green tube). He's right, it's a barsteward to get off, but surely, that's a good thing?

Oh, DMC, YGM

mrfmilo

Great stuff:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... delID=5954

Safe for suspension, seals etc.

Atomic

Has anyone here had any experience with the Park Tools stuff?

A friend of mine recommended it to me and I find their tools pretty good quality - how about their grease?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17701

alexj2233

Atomic wrote:

Has anyone here had any experience with the Park Tools stuff?

A friend of mine recommended it to me and I find their tools pretty good quality - how about their grease?

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=17701

This is anti-seize compound, i might be wrong but i think it's different to greases like teflon on lithium grease.

supersonic

Avoid lithium greases for static applications.

Thread compounds and copaslip are useful.

Teflon greases such as the Halfords and Finishline are excellent allrounders.

Though I use this:

http://www.super-lube.com/greases-ez-44.htm

Thread8

supersonic wrote:

Avoid lithium greases for static applications

Uh oh....... :?

Shorty12

Why?

nipper9

where is u lot putting all this bloody grease?

cheers greaseless paul

supersonic

Shorty12 wrote:

Why?

It likes to bond surfaces togther. Dries out. Oh, and usually rots seals too, so don't put anywhere near a fork.

Shorty12

Ah ok cheers