Questions tagged [grease]
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Cleaning chain a few links at a time
Looking at videos of cleaning bicycle chains online, it seems like an inevitably tedious process. Getting the muck out of the links especially. For example, as described in this video. I'm thinking, ...
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Standard oil grease as Shimano Roller Brake grease short-term replacement
I am currently in the process of cleaning up the rear axle from dirt and excessive grease, legacy of the previous owner. I will be replacing a ball bearing and few other small components, but would ...
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How long does an open jar of DOT grease last?
How long can I store an open jar of DOT hydraulic brake grease (e.g., SRAM or AVID)?
Background for question: DOT fluid is hydroscopic, i.e., it absorbs moisture from surrounding air and therefore ...
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Greasing spacers in cranks
so today I removed my crankset from my bike. Crankset is Shimano SLX and the bike is Canyon Exceed CF 6 2021. It has shimano pressfit bottom bracket.
Whilst putting down the crankset I realised there ...
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Do I have to remove the bearings to grease a front end ping/creak/gong noise?
EDIT: here's a photo. I removed everything except the bearings.
Last spring I was annoyed by some front end noise so I disassembled and greased everything from the handlebar clamp and bolts down to ...
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Locating a Horrendous Intermittent Screeching Noise
This noise started after I washed my bike (using only a garden hose) last winter. It's intermittent and I have zero control over when it happens or how loud although pounding the front wheel on the ...
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when and where to grease bike parts
so in the past I had an bad experience with bike wash washing away the grease on BB and stuff(mainly because it was an cheap one) but since I upgraded I want to keep the longevity of my bike, so I ...
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what is the significance of grease colour?
It is possible to purchase grease in many colours.
For example, "lithium grease" appears to come in at least red, green, blue, white, and black.
Is there any standardisation on what the ...
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How do you grease a coaster brake?
I needed to fix my coaster brake, but I don’t know which grease to use or how to apply it.
When I hold it in my hand, the sprocket turns the hub; and when I turn it backward, the brake engages. But in ...
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Silver greasy coating on disk brakes
Today I came in to the bike mechanic to align my disk brake calipers and they came out with the disk brakes covered in a silver lubricant (they said that this was especially for disk brakes)
They ...
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Lubricate cotter pin taper? Why or why not?
The main source material I've used as a guide for cotter pin related matters is Barnetts, which sticks hard to its recommendation to fully degrease cotter pin taper surfaces and their spindle mating ...
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What is the most ecologically sustainable way to handle rags covered in chain grease?
I have a handful of cloths that I've used to clean and grease my bike chain over the years. Each is covered in chain grease and other gunk that was once on my chain. I'm starting to wonder what I ...
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Shimano pre-greased crank: where to spread the grease?
The Shimano Altus FC-M311 crank comes pre-greased with four generous drops of grease on one side of the crank's thread (the yellow circles in the image), but it's unclear where it should be used: on ...
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How much grease should I use to pack hubs?
The "NLGI consistency number (sometimes called “NLGI grade”) expresses a measure of the relative hardness of a grease used for lubrication".
How much grease should I use to pack hubs? Should ...
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Can time-till-rest be used as a hub-regrease-and-repack flag?
The traditional way to determine whether the hubs need repacking, regreasing, and perhaps a ball bearing change is to grab the two sides of the fork or both seatstays after spinning the corresponding ...
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