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Valve Grinding Paste......was: Headset dead spot?
Hugh Fenton wrote:
"Teh bike guy" wrote in message .. . This is common and easy to fix, just squirt some toothpaste (whitening formulations work best) into the headset and ride around for a few miles, it will become all smooth again, after that you can flush with water and add grease. On a vaguely similar topic......... I've an old aluminium CADEX ALM1 where the (lubricated) seatpost keeps slipping down slowly........ No, the clamp IS correctly adjusted AND the seat tube isn't squeezed closed...but it still happens unless I overtension the quick release (and I DO need one of these owing to the riding I do.) A friend suggested that valve grinding paste would solve my problem.........an inert grit to prevent movement embedded in a lubricant to prevent seizure...... Comments?????? Hugh Fenton First thing I would try is to lube the QR cam and, if it's the removable collar type, lube between the collar and frame tube. Sometimes friction in these places limits the clamping force. |
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Valve Grinding Paste......was: Headset dead spot?
On Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:54:34 GMT, Peter Cole
may have said: Hugh Fenton wrote: "Teh bike guy" wrote in message .. . This is common and easy to fix, just squirt some toothpaste (whitening formulations work best) into the headset and ride around for a few miles, it will become all smooth again, after that you can flush with water and add grease. On a vaguely similar topic......... I've an old aluminium CADEX ALM1 where the (lubricated) seatpost keeps slipping down slowly........ No, the clamp IS correctly adjusted AND the seat tube isn't squeezed closed...but it still happens unless I overtension the quick release (and I DO need one of these owing to the riding I do.) A friend suggested that valve grinding paste would solve my problem.........an inert grit to prevent movement embedded in a lubricant to prevent seizure...... Comments?????? Hugh Fenton First thing I would try is to lube the QR cam and, if it's the removable collar type, lube between the collar and frame tube. Sometimes friction in these places limits the clamping force. Also, a detail I'd forgotten; if the split in the tube is not lined up with the split in the camp, the grease mentioned becomes absolutely essential. -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Typoes are not a bug, they're a feature. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts. |
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