ui2 maintenance

phillips1965
phillips1965 Posts: 67
edited April 2014 in Workshop
Hi. I have recently moved over from mechanical to electronic and was wandering if the pivot points still require greasing, if so would it be a special designated grease?

Cheers

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  • Essex Rouleur
    Essex Rouleur Posts: 98
    I just spray mine with a dry lube with ptfe, havent had any problems to date (well over a year)
  • phillips1965
    phillips1965 Posts: 67
    Cheers Essex Rouleur. Just slightly apprehensive about getting moisture into the unit even though it claims to be waterproof.
  • Essex Rouleur
    Essex Rouleur Posts: 98
    No problem.

    If you ever want to upgrade the rear mech to accept a bigger cassette (like a 11-32) i know how to do that too :D
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    phillips1965 wrote:
    Hi. I have recently moved over from mechanical to electronic and was wandering if the pivot points still require greasing, if so would it be a special designated grease?

    Yes, the slippery kind.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    phillips1965 wrote:
    Cheers Essex Rouleur. Just slightly apprehensive about getting moisture into the unit even though it claims to be waterproof.

    I don't follow how one would think that moisture would get into the "unit". Cars, motorcycles, etc. have been running with much, much more complicated electronics than any bicycle will ever have and there are no problems. :?
  • phillips1965
    phillips1965 Posts: 67
    I would rather err on the side of caution dennisn and ask advice rather than damage something I cannot afford to replace. Thankyou for your input though.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    phillips1965 wrote:
    I would rather err on the side of caution dennisn and ask advice rather than damage something I cannot afford to replace. Thankyou for your input though.

    If you can't afford to replace it then, by all means, take it off your bike and hang it on a wall. :wink:
  • phillips1965
    phillips1965 Posts: 67
    Like I said dennisn thanx for your constructive invaluable input.
  • 964cup
    964cup Posts: 1,362
    I believe the line from Shimano is that you do not need to grease the pivots and that you need to take some care to avoid damaging the factory lube. Have a look in the Shimano Tech Docs.
  • gavbarron
    gavbarron Posts: 824
    It can take more dirt and moisture than you can throw at it. It's survived plenty of tests on the pro circuit.
    I hose mine down after a dirty ride and it's fine.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    phillips1965 wrote:
    Like I said dennisn thanx for your constructive invaluable input.

    Sorry, but you did say you couldn't afford to replace it. :?

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