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Old November 14th 12, 03:11 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Tom Ace
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Default Freehub service Oil or Grease?

On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 9:33:07 PM UTC-8, James wrote:

In the free hub ratchet assy, use medium to light oil. Motor oil is
probably ok (15w-?). Gear oil (80w-90) probably to heavy.


Perhaps too heavy but not as far off as the numbers suggest.
Motor oil and gear oil are graded on different scales,
which makes as much sense as having different numberings
for shoe sizes and sock sizes.
http://www.bobistheoilguy.com/viscosity-charts/

I'm not criticizing your recommendation nor suggesting that
you didn't know this. I'm only clarifying a point as long
as we're on the subject.

Tom Ace
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