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lithium or Teflon grease

  • 27-01-2015 10:34pm
    #1
    dvntie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭


    So I was wondering whether lithium or Teflon grease for my road bike. I was looking back and there doesn't seem to be any thread on this before.
    Basically I have a tub of lithium grease that's years old but just thinking if I need to use Teflon instead. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    dvntie wrote: »
    So I was wondering whether lithium or Teflon grease for my road bike. I was looking back and there doesn't seem to be any thread on this before.
    Basically I have a tub of lithium grease that's years old but just thinking if I need to use Teflon instead. Any opinions would be greatly appreciated
    What do you need it for?

    For bearings (and occasional use on other mechanisms) I use this grease.


  • #3
    dvntie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭dvntie


    Seweryn wrote: »
    What do you need it for?

    For bearings (and occasional use on other mechanisms) I use this grease.

    Well it'll be for headset and crank bearings that ill be servicing soon.
    That looks like fierce fancy stuff


  • #4
    Seweryn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    dvntie wrote: »
    Well it'll be for headset and crank bearings that ill be servicing soon.
    That looks like fierce fancy stuff
    The one above will be perfect for what you need. Not sure if it is fancy, but does the job very well.


  • #5
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,892 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    dvntie wrote: »
    Well it'll be for headset and crank bearings that ill be servicing soon.
    That looks like fierce fancy stuff

    If you have lithium grease already, use it. For a long time it's all we used in work on motor bearings, shafts etc.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • #6
    mirrormatrix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 648 ✭✭✭mirrormatrix


    Lithium is fine. Dead cheap too. I bought about 500ml of the stuff from a motor factors on Capel street for under a tenner. Specific bike grease might be slightly better (I don't know), but for the price of the stuff I wouldn't bother.


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  • #7
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I remember someone saying Lithium was nicer but because it was so fine, you had to re grease more often in some areas.

    No idea myself, have used both without issue.


  • #8
    piston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭piston


    Most cheap lithium greases available from motorfactors are mostly soap which is used to hold a heavy oil in suspension.

    The oil/soap mixture separates and the oil dries off. These are really designed to grease the kingpins of your Austin Cambridge where they would have been re-greased every 1,000 miles according to the service schedule so this wasn't a problem in use and it was cheap to buy.

    It is fine in bicycle bearings if you are the type to regularly service things. If you want something to last for a long time, use something of higher quality.


  • #9
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,515 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    piston wrote: »
    Most cheap lithium greases available from motorfactors are mostly soap which is used to hold a heavy oil in suspension.

    I was wondering about this as the lithium grease i have was in no way cheaper than my teflon grease, wondered what the difference was.


  • #10
    dvntie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 777 ✭✭✭dvntie


    So the conclusion I'm drawing here is if it's bearings use Teflon or above and if it's anything else it's lithium
    Does that sound about right?


  • #11
    dave2pvd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭dave2pvd


    Or look up the manufacturer's literature? For example, Specialized press fit system calls for specific greases and anti-seize. There's quite a detailed white paper on reassembly.


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  • #12
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,309 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    I've been using this grease for years...Wheels, Headsets
    pedal threads.. everything. One tub lasts forever.

    http://static.pepboys.com/images/productImages/1461100/Castrol-Multi-Purpose-Wheel-Bearing-Grease-16oz.jpg


  • #13
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    When I take my lithium I don't care which grease I use.


  • #14
    oconnpad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 231 ✭✭oconnpad


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    I've been using this grease for years...Wheels, Headsets
    pedal threads.. everything. One tub lasts forever.

    http://static.pepboys.com/images/productImages/1461100/Castrol-Multi-Purpose-Wheel-Bearing-Grease-16oz.jpg

    Where's best for purchasing said grease, motor factors?


  • #15
    07Lapierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,309 ✭✭✭07Lapierre


    oconnpad wrote: »
    Where's best for purchasing said grease, motor factors?

    The Motor factors that I bought mine in closed in 1994! :D

    (Halfords do stock it yes)


  • #16
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    I use Molykote 33 for everything on mine. Works well in low temps and more importantly, is free, from work! (It's a Lithium based grease)


  • #17
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    piston wrote: »
    These are really designed to grease the kingpins of your Austin Cambridge where they would have been re-greased every 1,000 miles according to the service schedule so this wasn't a problem in use and it was cheap to buy.

    My old man had an Austin Cambridge, back in the day. Big boat of a car, in a turquoise sort of colour, with a cream stripe along the sides. I remember getting my fingers shut in the door of it on holiday one year. JUE 214 D was the reg. - great car from what I remember (apart from the finger incident)


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