Re: Riding through floods


skrobo wrote:
hm
wd 40 is not a real lubricant
in fact, it does quite the opposite, it removes and dissolves greases
and liquids, leaving your bearings dry, it will work as a VERY
temporary fix, but it is made to REMOVE lubricants and water(water
dissolvant? 40) not to lubricate.



I agree that WD40 is not a lubricant. It does un-seize rusted parts,
but those are the type of parts which should have had grease on them in
the first place. WD40 will tend to deteriorate plastics, causing them
to crack etc. So i'd keep it away from my bearings (because of the
seals).
I've ridden my KH 24 up in the mountains on an overnight camping trip,
which happended to rain the whole time and was terribly muddy. But when
I got home I just popped the cranks off, carefully levered the cover
off the bearings, cleaned them with $2 aerosol degreaser and rinsed
with water, and repacked with a mountainbike bearing grease. (car axle
grease is fine too) They go back together as original and last a lot
longer than if they weren't serviced.


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