Grease Question

seanorawe

Im hearing a grinding noise when riding my hybrid. And i'm near sure its coming from the headset. Im gonna open her up this weekend to clean any gack from the bearings. Does anyone recommend a good cheap grease I can use for them? Im going to try and re grease as much things as my knowledge will allow. Even if the noise is not in the headset, its due a good greasing.

Cheers

zx6man

I use weldite TF2 Lithium Grease for my bearing stuff.. fairly cheap

seanorawe

zx6man wrote:

I use weldite TF2 Lithium Grease for my bearing stuff.. fairly cheap

Looks good. Only £2.99 in CRC

Cheers

zx6man

Also used the TF2 that comes in smaller tube that fits on a small grease pump, thats a red grease.

butcher of bakersfield

Any old grease will do. And will certainly be a lot better than what you've got if it's making noises like that. Those little grease guns are handy though. They make a messy job that little bit more pleasant. I got that TF2 stuff with the gun for about £10. You don't get a massive amount of grease, but on a bike, for personal use...it should last a few years.

desweller

500g pot of bearing grease from Halfords for a fiver. Will cover all your cycling needs for the rest of your life.

diy

A kids medicine syringe can be a good alternative to a grease gun.

migrantwing

zx6man wrote:

Also used the TF2 that comes in smaller tube that fits on a small grease pump, thats a red grease.

+1 for the Weldtite stuff.

What's the difference between the two greases?

dmclite-3.0

There is a product made in the states called Danizuco, excellent stuff.

migrantwing

dmclite-3.0 wrote:

There is a product made in the states called Danizuco, excellent stuff.

zx6man

migrantwing wrote:

zx6man wrote:

Also used the TF2 that comes in smaller tube that fits on a small grease pump, thats a red grease.

+1 for the Weldtite stuff.

What's the difference between the two greases?

The red stuff seems slightly thinner, may be desinged for syringe usage? Not 100% sure tbh, site suggests got plenty of teflon in it and lasts longer than other greases (Red that is, and probabaly also means more expensive)

migrantwing

zx6man wrote:

The red stuff seems slightly thinner, may be desinged for syringe usage? Not 100% sure tbh, site suggests got plenty of teflon in it and lasts longer than other greases (Red that is, and probabaly also means more expensive)

I'll look into it. Thanks!

griffsters

dmclite-3.0 wrote:

There is a product made in the states called Danizuco, excellent stuff.

That'll be the one that he wants.

migrantwing

Griffsters wrote:

dmclite-3.0 wrote:

There is a product made in the states called Danizuco, excellent stuff.

That'll be the one that he wants.