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Oh man, I totally should
Can you get one of these made in a sticker and put it next to your Bushings? #BringBackTheBush
Like Troy Brosnan's world cup bike, with Tay Tay?!
Oh man, I totally should
Can you get one of these made in a sticker and put it next to your Bushings? #BringBackTheBush
Like Troy Brosnan's world cup bike, with Tay Tay?!
Always with the guns isn't it @Zaf!What PSI does a grease gun run through?
The axles shouldn’t be rotating on bearing races though? Why do they need lube?Always with the guns isn't it @Zaf!
The grease ports allow you to grease the axles of your pivots, not the bearings. I feel like I've just taken a bite of pilchard.
Pivot axles can creak a lot of times and you've got to strip the bike right down just to re grease them. There's nothing worse on a climb to hear that creaking sound on every pedal stroke.The axles shouldn’t be rotating on bearing races though? Why do they need lube?
See above message! Just snuck it in hahaPivot axles can creak a lot of times and you've got to strip the bike right down just to re grease them. There's nothing worse on a climb to hear that creaking sound on every pedal stroke.
Because what is can not not be!That seems like a WHOLE lot of designing around something a cloth, a hex key and a finger could do in the same amount of time it takes to load the grease gun.
I don't know what to believe anymore.
Yep. But not greasing the bearings, like some people (zaf) would have us believe!^ further to that...in my experience the axles seem to be on a contact fit with the sleeve they run in through the frame. This doesn't stop water getting in. Sadly I get caught out in the rain a bit on the bike. Fresh grease helps the happy times continue.
Good quality automotive wheel bearing grease, Castrol HTB or an equivalent brand.Is there any other grease than marine? I purchased some Lannox once trying to be a bit kinder to my hands and the planet...fucking stuff was toast the second it rained.
Gimme some bearing blue, lapping paste and a scraper! Nightmare of a job haha. Such pain, much boredom and monotony.Good quality automotive wheel bearing grease, Castrol HTB or an equivalent brand.
If you want bushing to last and have the least amount of friction, you normally have to hone it to size, we're talking measured in microns here and that can mean a lot of expensive tooling and labour not to mention the skill.
I wish I still had patience like that.Gimme some bearing blue, lapping paste and a scraper! Nightmare of a job haha. Such pain, much boredom and monotony.
Noise cancelling headphones my man. Put on a good podcast or fav. Album.I wish I still had patience like that.