J5's Daily Grind

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Go Greased Lightnin'

 3rd greasing

After 4 rainy day rides (and one left out in the rain overnight) I wanted to check the status of the pf30bb bearings in my MXRSL. The stock white grease was quick to allow the bearings to rust after some wet rides. I flushed it out first and used some King ring drive lube which worked well for months, but is kinda pricey to waste on bearings. This past time I just used the red grease we have on hand on the work stands and it worked amazingly well to keep out the moistness of TN winter. Not needing to flush, I just topped off the grease and re-assembled the crank. Red and ready to ride.

Reassembled and ready for some more creek crossing abuse tomorrow.

1 comment:

dicky said...

BB maintenance? That's so "this morning."