Lubrication Observations

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Bill "sheesh" S.

"tcmedara" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Tore down and cleaned the entire drive train after yesterday's ride. BIG
difference today in shift performance, probably added some life to the
components as well. Now it shifts like butta'. I've heard it said that a
SS will eliminate that problem (there, no need to mention further, eh?)
Recently I thought I'd try the advice of some of the r.b.t. chain lube
debate club and try chain saw bar oil. I'd have to call that a failure,

at

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least for where I ride. It's cheap -- $2.50 for a quart, but it can gunk

up

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a drive train in no time. I guess it might work for roadies who never get
near dirt, but I'm sticking to Pro Link for now.

Since I had the cranks off and the tools out, I decided to overhaul the
pedals as well. Anyone know of any service instructions for Time ATAC?
Couldn't find any on the web. I opened 'em up, pulled out the spindles,
tried to clean the gunk off, relubed and re-installed. Thankfully it
eliminated the annoying creak I had on the left side. I'd been trying to
diagnose that little F***er for weeks! Never dawned on me to check the
pedals until I had them off yesterday. The sealed bearing appeared to be
held in place on the spindle by some sort of retaining clip. Anyone know
how to get that off, or will I just succeed in screwing up the unit?

Hubs this weekend. Yeah.

Tom

Its possible to get it off using a sharp knife or razor blade. Xacto knives
tend to work well.
However, it ends up being a complete [censored], and not worth the time to do it
unless the bearing is totally shot. I've been there, replaced that bearing,
and wouldn't do it again. Turns out the really bad bearing on mine was the
inner needle bearing anyway, which is not replaceable (at least on the older
design).

Jon Bond

"tcmedara" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Tore down and cleaned the entire drive train after yesterday's ride. BIG
difference today in shift performance, probably added some life to the
components as well. Now it shifts like butta'. I've heard it said that a
SS will eliminate that problem (there, no need to mention further, eh?)
Recently I thought I'd try the advice of some of the r.b.t. chain lube
debate club and try chain saw bar oil. I'd have to call that a failure,

at

Quoted message said:

least for where I ride. It's cheap -- $2.50 for a quart, but it can gunk

up

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a drive train in no time. I guess it might work for roadies who never get
near dirt, but I'm sticking to Pro Link for now.

I use 80W90 Gear oil, semi synthetic. Its about $10 for 1 L, i think that
ll last me a couple of yrs. I relube my chain every week.

Micheal

tcmedara said:

Tore down and cleaned the entire drive train after yesterday's ride. BIG
difference today in shift performance, probably added some life to the
components as well. Now it shifts like butta'. I've heard it said that a
SS will eliminate that problem (there, no need to mention further, eh?)
Recently I thought I'd try the advice of some of the r.b.t. chain lube
debate club and try chain saw bar oil. I'd have to call that a failure, at
least for where I ride. It's cheap -- $2.50 for a quart, but it can gunk up
a drive train in no time. I guess it might work for roadies who never get
near dirt, but I'm sticking to Pro Link for now.

Pro Link really is damn good, been using it for quite a while now on
the road and MTB. Simply great!

Peace,

Micheal Artindale said:

I use 80W90 Gear oil, semi synthetic. Its about $10 for 1 L, i think that
ll last me a couple of yrs. I relube my chain every week.

I started using that Pedro's Ice stuff recently and can't tell whether
it's really better or not than regular ol' wet lube like I was using
before, but so far seems pretty good.

I've avoided wax based lubes (bad experience before) but this was highly
recommended. it seems to leave a lot less gunk on the chain and
drivetrain over time at least. I'll post my long-term feelings about it
later once I've gone through a bottle maybe.

I tend to lube up every couple rides but that might go down just a bit
now...we'll see.

b.

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