SHIMANO Special grease for pawl-type Freehub bodies 50 g,White

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After drive side bearing replacement i decided to put some drops of gl-4 synthetic gear oil into it to see how it would perform. Why, cause i had some sitting on the shelf taking up space. Specifically... Mercury high performace gear lube (90w). If you find an item at a lower price with another commercial internet retailer, you will receive it from us at the same price, provided the conditions listed in the link are met. I prefer using Dumonde Tech Freehub oil and their grease, but there are many acceptable substitutes as long as you understand what you are substituting.

Another grease-based product is carbon assembly compound, which typically is grease + silica, which adds friction to enable parts to grip with a lower torque. This is used with carbon fibre parts, which if over-torqued can fracture. The procedure below is based on the Shimano® freehub removal process. Several other brands follow the same steps. What are some of the most common lubricating misconceptions riders have? What mistakes do you often see in the bike shop?Can you tell us a couple of the specific lube practices you use with Kate’s race bikes that you might not use on a customer’s? It is important to distinguish between shimano style freehub bodies and the others, where the freewheel body rotates on the axle using its own set of bearings, which is what I presume you have. A ratchet freehub has a pair of rings with teeth on their inner faces that are concentric around the axle and are pushed together to transmit the pedalling force to the rear wheel. The two ratchet rings are usually pressed together by large springs that encircle the freehub and sit behind one or both of the rings. It performs consistently across a wide temperature range and its light viscosity ensure enhanced protection and reduced resistance. Hydraulic mineral oil - this is for disc brakes, and is different from DOT fluid. Anecdotally people use mineral oil including baby oil, and it 'works'. But Shimano claim that only theirs is good and others can destroy your brakes. https://bikerumor.com/2013/04/11/tech-speak-brake-fluid-break-down-and-implications-for-road-disc-updated/ Take this with a pinch of salt as there are bunch of hydraulic mineral oils sold specifically for bicycles and no complaints. Different hydraulic mineral oils do have different boiling points, and different viscosity.

Now we’ve had a look at the internals of the freehub, let’s turn to the outside of the freehub – the part on which your cassette mounts. Grease threads of end cap. Thread end cap onto axle. NOTE: End cap is a left hand thread. Secure end cap to 300 inch-pounds. Can’t say it’s made much difference. My mate on his similarly used DT swiss M1900 (so not high end) freewheeled right past me on sunday and he’s a good bit lighter too. Normal grease is NLGI #2, you want NLGI #0. Maybe #1, but definitely not normal #2 (wheel bearing greases, marine grease etc).Streetwear – keep it real! Streetwear is more than just street clothes – it is a lifestyle. The term "streetwear" comes from the skate scene of the 1970s. "Keep it real" and "stay true to yourself" was the motto of the young board... Besides these other manufacturers sell different greases for the same job, often with different compounds. Different criteria will include: So a freehub with 36 points of engagement, for example, will have a 360/36 = 10-degree angle of engagement. If there are 72 points of engagement, the angle of engagement drops to 5 degrees. Pull outward on the freehub body to remove it from hub shell. This will also remove the drive side axle cap.

You’ll see from the above that there are some opportunities to use some freehubs with cassettes for which they weren’t designed, usually using spacers to add the extra width required to fit a narrower cassette to a wider freehub.I recall being told that you should apply a thin film of grease to the outside of the freehub body before installing a new cassette...but now I can't actually find any authoritative confirmation of this! Freewheel (old technology) or freehub (current technology)? People tend to use the terms interchangeably, but they are quite different.

The other thing people could do more and benefit from immensely is lubricating your shift cables occasionally (and brake cables if you still have brakes that use cables). Shimano makes a great grease called SP41 that I like to use for assembly of new bikes; however, dripping a light oil like Triflow into the housing (most of the time there are ways to do this without disconnecting the cables) and under the BB cable guide if your bike is externally routed will improve shift feeling and performance considerably. Any carbon parts like carbon seatposts should use grease recommended by the manufacturer or for the application. It was for a ride or two. I put on a very vet little amount. Just enough to keep the ratchets moving up and down on the springs. Even the dt swiss grease gets over used and can cause issues if to much is used. This is on my 18pt. Im not sure if I will use the slik on the 54t or not.You’re also throwing the ratchet away every time you change a freewheel, but keeping it when you change the cassette on a freehub system. Freehub standards A complete turn of the wheel is 360 degrees, so the angle of engagement is 360 divided by the number of points of engagement.