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Title: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: JD_76 on September 30, 2009, 08:26 AM

Just a quick one lads, should the o/s type 1" stems that have a wedge to hold them in the fork tube be dry or covered in grease?

On old bikes I have taken appart they seem to have some kind of lube on them, just not sure.

Cheers.

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: zed4130 on September 30, 2009, 08:29 AM

I grease,  :)

paul

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: HARODAVE on September 30, 2009, 01:45 PM

 grease always for me , you`ll thank yourself for greasing , when you come to remove it and it glides out and doesn`t  cause a nightmare and fook up  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: splodge on September 30, 2009, 05:36 PM

When I stripped my Kuw after leaving it in a damp shed for over 10 years the stem slid out like I fitted it yesterday.

Grease.

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: moley on September 30, 2009, 07:43 PM

Any Metal to metal should be greased!!

It stops creaking too!!   

And use Cod liver oil to grease your brittle bones JD.  I dont want ya snapping in half when ya bail over the pro section at Preston!!  :LolLolLolLol:

PS.   Dont grease ya brake pads or your sidewall of ya rims!!    I'll do that for ya at Preston when ya aint lookin'!!  :D

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: oldtired on September 30, 2009, 08:45 PM

Grease always,     just a little tip if anyones interested polish the two surfaces on the wedge bit,usefull if the shaft is not chrome, or  if its one of those cast wedges, usual polish tech, wet dry autosol, buffer etc, been doing this since bitd,  i find the stem wiil tighten up a lot more, with less effort, sounds dumb, but,you can get allen key bolts real tight without putting a hole in your hand, it'll release easier to,   :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: JD_76 on September 30, 2009, 10:21 PM

Quote from: moley on September 30, 2009, 07:43 PM

Any Metal to metal should be greased!!

It stops creaking too!!   

And use Cod liver oil to grease your brittle bones JD.  I dont want ya snapping in half when ya bail over the pro section at Preston!!  :LolLolLolLol:

PS.   Dont grease ya brake pads or your sidewall of ya rims!!    I'll do that for ya at Preston when ya aint lookin'!!  :D

Thanks for the replies, grease it is then.

Thats it Moley, your going down son.  :)

Pro section - the only Pro section ill be jumping is the one behind the starters hut under the red light  ;D

Just perfecting the bike ready for preston, this is one of the little things that has raised its head, along with a rear hub bairing that came loose. More shakedown testing this weekend.

New Hyper so far - Love to Pickle for the F/F seat and headset as well as all the other peeps I got bits from  :smitten:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v316/James666/Hyper_OS.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v316/James666/Hyper_bars.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v316/James666/Hyper_seat.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v316/James666/Hyper_NS_crank.jpg)

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: moley on September 30, 2009, 11:32 PM

Ooooohh!!   It will be a shame to scuff that when you have MOMENT over the pro section!!!  :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Stem wedge - Dry or Grease?
Post by: ED209 on October 01, 2009, 06:42 AM

Now that is a roight noice boike.
I'm feeling it.  :daumenhoch: