Sometimes I think I should have made my user name easier to remember! The "nlnh" stands for "New London, New Hampshire" where I reside. However, thanks for the shout outs [MENTION=360474]Prowler[/MENTION], [MENTION=412879]texaspandj[/MENTION]i and [MENTION=28575]mobilemail[/MENTION]. You are so kind to mention me.
[MENTION=416665]Lovenutz[/MENTION] your NOS ProCompe is a great freewheel and deserves a proper servicing. For all the arguments suggesting that freewheels are not under load and only need light machine oil dribbled in through the gaps between the bodies, I ask:

"Why did the manufacturer use grease when the freewheel was originally assembled?"

My advice is to open it up, properly clean the interior, inspecting for corrosion and the bearings to see if they need to be replaced (and probably added to). Add a thin layer of synthetic grease to the races and a few drops of quality machine oil on the pawl pivots. Rub grease onto the interior surfaces and the spacers to thwart future corrosion. I fill the races with as many bearings as properly fit. Don't worry about counting them.

Do this and your ProCompe won't need servicing for many 1000s of miles instead of every hundred or so when using the drip and drizzle method.


This Perfect (ProCompe's lower cost sibling) was repeatedly flushed with Simple Green and WD40. As can be seen in these pictures, it did not remove all the contaminates.