How do you lubricate yours?
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- Philip Whiteman
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How do you lubricate yours?
This is a bottom bracket question.
How do you lubricate yours?
I recently removed my sealed bottom brackets to clean out general winter rubbish. First of all they were degreased and then oiled with normal chain lube. My thoughts is that BBs should be lubed with a grease viscosity rather than light fluid oil. However, it is difficult to force grease into sealed bearings.
Incidentally, the degreaser resulted in a degree of brown fluid (rust) exiting the BB. I am loathed to replace the BBs as they are only 1 year old and only 2,000km of wear.
How do you lubricate yours?
I recently removed my sealed bottom brackets to clean out general winter rubbish. First of all they were degreased and then oiled with normal chain lube. My thoughts is that BBs should be lubed with a grease viscosity rather than light fluid oil. However, it is difficult to force grease into sealed bearings.
Incidentally, the degreaser resulted in a degree of brown fluid (rust) exiting the BB. I am loathed to replace the BBs as they are only 1 year old and only 2,000km of wear.
- GrahamGamblin
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Modern external BB's are sealed and therefore you are unable to lube them.
Degreaser is nothing more than a by product of Satin tears if you ask me, it gets into everywhere that it shouldn't, which is why I never use the horrible stuff.
Other than cleaning my clean once its removed from the bike, via the Quick Link.
TIP
If you are going to buy a new BB get a Hope stainless steel one rather than a Shimano one. Bit more expensive, but is so worth the extra cost
Degreaser is nothing more than a by product of Satin tears if you ask me, it gets into everywhere that it shouldn't, which is why I never use the horrible stuff.
Other than cleaning my clean once its removed from the bike, via the Quick Link.
TIP
If you are going to buy a new BB get a Hope stainless steel one rather than a Shimano one. Bit more expensive, but is so worth the extra cost
Last edited by AlanW on 31 Jan 2011 21:16, edited 1 time in total.
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