Re: [CR]Hub Oil

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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2002 12:59:47 -0700
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Cc: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Hub Oil
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Craig Montgomery wrote:
>
> Anybody oil your hubs instead of grease? What kind and how often do you use
> it?

Not a good idea, as the oil continually seeps out of the hub ends and is a real dirt magnet.

If you want to do it, the weight and brand of oil is inconsequential as you'll be doing it a lot (the re-oiling and wiping off the dirt stuck to the oozing mess as it works it's past the hub flanges on it's way down the spokes and out to the rims and onto your braking surfaces and then onto the tires and down to the road surface for the next guy to slip on and crash).

Chuck Schmidt
SoPas, SoCal