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Lube, Grease, and Whatnot
Tubes6al4v:
--- Quote from: big_papa_nuts;1571117 ---chain - whie lightining
threads - random grease or ti prep
bearings - slick honey
i just random grease for assembly lube (Metal to metal contact areas).
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I was thinking of getting that slick honey, how do you like it? Is it fast?
--- Quote from: along;1571143 ---what's the preferred lub for brake cables? grease? lub with teflon? thin oil?
i've never tried thin-oil,but cables with grease and teflon felt the same. so, please correct me. thanks.
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Usually wax lubes are prefered, as they stay put and do not accumulate dirt and grime as easily in cables.
--- Quote from: big_papa_nuts;1571157 ---the best thing i have found is purple extreme.
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Who is that from? How does it compare to white lightening?
--- Quote from: NUTZO V2.0;1571189 ---Wal-Mart Supertech Marine gease. Its awesome.
Pedros Dry
White Lighning Wet
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How is the dry lube? I have heard it is reallly noisy, but I am a little interested in testing it on other parts...
--- Quote from: Mike Hardman;1571701 ---Finishline Wet XC Lube - Perfect fro chians and the insides of hubs.
Finishline Dry XC Lube -
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How do you like their dry lube?
*** Question *** Synthetic Vs. Natural. Which do you prefer and why?
Bryan Balliett:
Grease[/i][/u]:
- Phil Wood Grease: Works well for everything. Spindles, axles, nuts, whatever.
Lube[/i][/u]:
- Rock 'N Roll Extreme: Works well for my chains, with regular lubing (once a week) my chain has never squeeked, rattled, or clanked. Half lube/wax formula.
Anti-Seize[/i][/u]:
- Finish Line Ti Prep: Works great. Used on Wombolts, Elementary, and the fork's compression bolt. No seizing so far. Copper-based.
Tubes6al4v:
--- Quote from: greenreese;1571248 ---Tri-Flow- in a spray can and a little bottle. Spray works good on derailleur pivots and brake pivots, and the little bottle for cables.
Boeshield T9- For chains. Drip it on while backpedaling, then wipe off the excess. How do you like this? Is is silent, fast, solid?
Finish Line Anti-Seize- Big Tub for certain ti and al parts.
Tacx Carbon Asm Paste- for carbon seatposts. I've been wanting to try this. Is it working well for you?
Baby Powder- For tubes and your nuts on hot days.
Pedro's Syn grease- A big tub for general purpose. I don't like the Park or Phil Wood grease, this is smoother and they change its color every once in a while.
Pedro's Syn lube- I only use this to mix with the Syn grease to get different consistencies.
water- Keep a spray bottle of water on hand to quickly wipe my hands down.
Dazzle- Works alright as a general cleaner for benchtops and stuff.
alcohol- A big bottle from CVS with a spray top put on. Works good for a final cleaning to remove residue from other cleaners. Its also fun to spray on bugs and when I need to light something on fire, because it won't make any smoke or smell.
Pedro's shopworks and Simple Green- I fill up a spray bottle with one or the other of these to clean nasty shit off rims and bikes, and scum off the floor.
Super Penetrant- duh.
Park cutting oil- Thats just what we have sitting by the vises and spoke cutter. I haven't really tried much other cutting fluids.
Zep 45- I don't use this much as it reminds me of death.What is it?
Pedro's Oranj Peelz- Doesn't seem to do a whole lot, but it smells ok.
Loctite 242, 262, 680- from mild to wild.
White Lightning Clean Streak Metal Prep- Like tubes said, this stuff is pretty cool. It evaporates very fast and leaves no residue. Kind of like a tough alcohol.
Park Chainbrite- Works about as well as the Oranj Peelz, but doesn't smell good.
Motorex Prep M- Pack it up pack it in. Stuff that shit in suspension seals.
Slick Honey- Also works for suspension, but the syringes it comes it are even more useful for injecting and removing fork oil with a hose on the end.
King RingDrive Lube- For the buzz.
Wheelsmith Spokeprep- For spoke threads. Does it work like lock tite, or is it more adjustable?
DT Swiss Spoke Freeze- To lock spokes if needed. Basically locktite.
Dualco grease guns- One with a short nozzle filled with Prep M, and one with a long nozzle filled with Syn grease.
JP Weigle's Frame Saver- For steel frames.
Goof Off- To remove sticker residue, permanent marker, paint, glue. It works really well but is very potent.
Thats what I have at my bench at the moment.
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Another thing that is great is Phil Wood Hand Cleaner. Works wonders for dry, greasy hands.
ze12o:
Finishline Synthetic grease with Dupont Teflon- I like it a lot better then park grease. It has little to no scent it works great as a all purpose grease for anything that needs it. I also used it to sub as ti prep and it was just fine. i have a 3.5oz tube and I've been useing it for a good year and a half and serviced my bike as well as a few friends. All around good grease
White lightning - I use it on my cables and chain. IMO it's so so. When ever I use it on my chain it usaly rubs off on my jeans after a good days ride and it wears out fast. For cables it isn't so good nor is it so bad. I've had a couple of cables clog up from it and yes it was a new bottle and i did shake it for more then 10 mins before useing it.
Triflow spray lube - I havent used it a lot except for my chain and freewheel so i can't say much. It does silent chains though and does a good job killing the squeek from door hinges :D
EDIT
Wheelsmith Spokeprep- For spoke threads. Does it work like lock tite, or is it more adjustable?
It basicly is something that makes lacing the wheel and trueing it later a breeze. So basicly more adjustable.
Tubes6al4v:
I have found that, on the whole, I dont really like teflon. It is all nice and smooth, but it gets a little messy, and doesnt feel quite solid enough for me. I have teflon grease here, so I may give it another chance...
Oh, and it is poisenous. So it sucks on cookware.
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