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I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket
'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? cheers |
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On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 21:46:12 +0100, "phenian"
wrote in message : I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? Never done that - I wonder what they mean? The freehub body? If so I'd prolly use my usual citrus solvent and Shimano slippery spit. -- Guy === May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 88% of helmet statistics are made up, 65% of them at Washington University |
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In article , phenian
wrote: I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? Acetone. SAE 30. -- A T (Sandy) Morton on the Bicycle Island In the Global Village http://www.millport.net |
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phenian wrote:
I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' That doesn't make any sense. What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? None and none until I knew what I was working on. I suggest using the Haynes book for toilet paper and referring to the following websites intead: http://www.parktool.com/repair_help/FAQindex.shtml http://www.sheldonbrown.com ~PB |
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"Pete Biggs" wrote... phenian wrote: I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' That doesn't make any sense. Actually it sounds a lot like instructions for cleaning a freewheel, not a cassette (remember those?). -- mark |
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mark wrote:
"Pete Biggs" wrote... phenian wrote: I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' That doesn't make any sense. Actually it sounds a lot like instructions for cleaning a freewheel, not a cassette (remember those?). It does a bit but they don't have a "cassette" (set of _splined_ sprockets). They might mean freewheel or sprockets but they're causing confusion. Anyway, is it a good idea to regularly flush and oil a freewheel like that? ~PB |
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Pete Biggs wrote:
Anyway, is it a good idea to regularly flush and oil a freewheel like that? Well, the insides do crud up a bit. But on the whole I'd shy away from "heavy mineral oil" because you don't want anything that's going to form a thick enough gloop to glue the pawls down. |
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"Pete Biggs" wrote Anyway, is it a good idea to regularly flush and oil a freewheel like that? ~PB ISTR folllowing a similar procedure, using Phil Wood Tenacious Oil. It seemed to get a fair bit of crud out of the freewheel, and I don't recall any ill effects. -- mark |
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"Sandy Morton" wrote in message ... In article , phenian wrote: I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? Acetone. Actually acetone is pretty rubbish as a solvent for oil, it's more useful for nail varnish and paint. For oil you need something like petrol, diesel or Gunk (tm). Simon M. |
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Simon Mason wrote:
"Sandy Morton" wrote in message ... In article , phenian wrote: I have the Haynes Bike Book, which says about removing the sprocket 'take the opportunity to clean the cassette thoroughly, then flush the body through with solvent. Then oil with heavy mineral oil through the gap....' What kind of solvent would you use and what kind of oil? Acetone. Actually acetone is pretty rubbish as a solvent for oil, it's more useful for nail varnish and paint. For oil you need something like petrol, diesel or Gunk (tm). Simon M. I use Diesel, cheap and easy to get, from my fuel tank. |
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