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03-29-07, 07:40 PM
This pertains to a Shimano FF System Front Freewheel chainring.
After cleaning and successfully reassembling the freewheel chain ring to the one-piece crank (pat-myself-on-the-back I never lost a single loose bearing ball (total of 69 loose balls) with a light white grease I am wondering if I should use the same light grease on the bottom bracket bearing sets as opposed to using the normal (for me) Parks green Poly-Lube.
The freewheel has two pawls with a fine-wire spring so I knew the Parks grease is too heavy for that but I also am wondering if I do use the heavy grease in the right-side BB bearing race if the heavy grease might migrate into the relatively-open freewheel bearing balls and ratchet pawls which are immediately next to the BB bearing?
When I disassembled the BB it appeared that the BB bearings had a grease much lighter than I am used to seeing in old BBs.
So what's the wisdom from the old-heads here?
After cleaning and successfully reassembling the freewheel chain ring to the one-piece crank (pat-myself-on-the-back I never lost a single loose bearing ball (total of 69 loose balls) with a light white grease I am wondering if I should use the same light grease on the bottom bracket bearing sets as opposed to using the normal (for me) Parks green Poly-Lube.
The freewheel has two pawls with a fine-wire spring so I knew the Parks grease is too heavy for that but I also am wondering if I do use the heavy grease in the right-side BB bearing race if the heavy grease might migrate into the relatively-open freewheel bearing balls and ratchet pawls which are immediately next to the BB bearing?
When I disassembled the BB it appeared that the BB bearings had a grease much lighter than I am used to seeing in old BBs.
So what's the wisdom from the old-heads here?