Carbon frame - grease

secretsam

Should one use a special type of grease with carbon frames, or is the regular Finish Line stuff OK???

andrewjoseph

What do you need grease for? For clamping parts use carbon paste.

secretsam

andrewjoseph wrote:

What do you need grease for? For clamping parts use carbon paste.

Seat pin lube, etc??? Surely it uses grease or the equivalent????

keef66

Carbon post in a carbon frame (or indeed a carbon post / ally frame or the reverse) i'd assemble it dry, and only resort to carbon assembly paste if it slippeed.

cougie

I use hair spray on my carbon post in a carbon frame. If I used grease it would slide.

andrewjoseph

SecretSam wrote:

andrewjoseph wrote:

What do you need grease for? For clamping parts use carbon paste.

Seat pin lube, etc??? Surely it uses grease or the equivalent????

No, I think some greases can damage the resin and so affect strength. If the seatpost slips with nothing on it then use carbon assembly paste. This has a granular feel that allows stronger clamping forces without yanking on the bolt.

adam0bmx0

You only really need a tiny bit of paste for the post, while i was in my local cycle surgery I just got them to dap a bit inside a small pop lock jiffy bag, I was also buying something but didn't want a whole tube of the stuff.