Grease Types

[Raven]

What type of grease do you need to use on the Brake/Clutch lever pivot points and such similar things? Does it really matter what type is used, as long as its waterproof?

[FatFergie]

Not really, the trick is to not use too much (it attracts dirt). A tiny smear all round. I wouldn't use copaslip or similar antiseize compound. Molydenum HT is what I have at the moment.

[Raven]

Cheers .

Stuff like this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tamiya-87022-M...d=p3286.c0.m14

[FatFergie]

That'd do the job but £4.99 for a little tube? Go down to your local motor factor and get a big tub for not much more.

[Boris]

As said before just about any grease (coppaslip and red rubber excepted) would do the trick but moly grease is filthy stuff. I would go for just a simple LM grease. I have just had to buy my second pound of the stuff in about 20 years and it cost about a fiver (or 7 quid from halfords).

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...gId=-1&x=0&y=0

[davsato]

INTERESTING ARTICLE ABOUT WHAT GREASE TO USE WHERE IN CLASSIC BIKE MAG THIS (OR NEXT?) MONTH. whoops i had caps lock on, sorry but i cant be bothered to retype that.

[severs]

Grease in a toothpaste-tube type device with a very narrow pointy outlet is available from bicycle shops. It is usually ordinary LM grease (but often coloured brightly for novelty or imaginary marketing-type reasons).

The pointy bit allows it to be dabbed in in tiny quantities for greasing bushings, threads, pivots etc.

A similar effect can be obtained by loading a spoonful of grease into a small plastic syringe (without a needle on it, obviously) and this allows it to be applied sparingly.

Don't ask me why I have one, you won't want to know the answer, but:
I find that a rectal syringe of the type used for inserting foamed steroid medications works brilliantly.

These are also very handy for cleaning the hole at the bottom of the back of the fridge that allows auto-defrost water to drip onto the evaporator on the outside of the fridge.

Cake icing syringes work well too, but you don't see many of those around these days do you? Unlike rectal syringes, of course, but make sure you don't confuse the two. Your guests that visit for tea may never come back if they find out.