Headset grease ?
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Headset grease ?
Can I use auto motive grease on headset ? If not what bike specific grease should I use ? thanks
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As long as you don't ride in extreme cold during the winter, you'll be fine. As a long term user of automotive greases on bikes, I can tell you from experience, that many auto greases stiffen up enough when cold to make a headset feel like it's binding, and can make steering control difficult.
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Headset grease ?
I got the cheap stuff at Harbor Freight.
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Mobil 1 grease, my favorite! I get it in tubs at Pep Boys.
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Thanks for the imfo have a click in head set when cranking up hill wanted to do something to night about it. for a ride tomorrow.
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As said heavier grease would be ideal but you can use pretty much any good guality autimotive or bicycle grease just fine. For headsets slightly heavier auto acually works a little better.
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A click in the headset area is not necessarily the headset, and is unlikely the headset bearing. You may just need to tighten bars/stem or perhaps lubricate the interface as appropriate. Look up procedures at parktool.com/blog, sheldonbrown.com.
Interesting that you have managed to avoid spell check on 3 different words that still form legit words when split - automotive, headset and tomorrow
Interesting that you have managed to avoid spell check on 3 different words that still form legit words when split - automotive, headset and tomorrow
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I want to thank you for pointing out about the spell check thing. I will be contacting them at the beginning of the week. To inform them of the problem. Thanks again for pointing this out.
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He forgot to mention to night (tonight). I don't know if you're being facetious or not, but spell check programs only check whether words exist, not whether they're the right word for the text.
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Yes a little, I was out in garage called in for dinner typed fast to get in post. Did not pay that much attention. Hunger over spelling.