[CR]freewheel lubrication

(Example: Racing:Roger de Vlaeminck)

To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "thomas g witkop" <tomwitkop@juno.com>
Subject: [CR]freewheel lubrication
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 13:24:04 -0500

Dear list members:

Back when I had more time I would occasionally disassemble a freewheel, clean it up and use grease for reassembly. It worked pretty well but was very time-consuming.

More recently, I have been dumping my freewheel's into a pot of kerosene to clean them out. I remove them, let them dry and then toss them into a pot of motor oil, usually 10 W.-40. Let them sit in the motor oil overnight, remove and let the excess oil drip out on newspaper, reinstall on the bicycle and serve with a nice chablis and it seems I have a sometimes very quiet and usually smooth freewheel.

Even though it is only motor oil, it seems that the lubrication properties last for at least one year. Your mileage may vary.

Town Witkop Rockville, Maryland

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