Lube for bearings which one?

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Pascoe on October 17, 2009 at 13:41

I have found that petrol isn't the best cleaner for bearings as it leaves a residue on your bearings, acetone or denatured/pure alcohol are the best thing because they leave nothing behind.
For lube u can use watever u can get a hold of, just try get something with a low viscosity. Whether it be lanolin or Bones Speed Cream.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by DA BEAR on October 17, 2009 at 14:52

I've been using this for the last couple of months in my Biltins,
mainly cos Biltins are a single shield and really open compared to twin seals,
my theory/hope is the grease will fill some of the gap btwn the races and shield.
But, over $50 for 180grm.
Wayne.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot O on October 17, 2009 at 17:08

whats crc?
and meths as in methylated spirits?

kookyfish said:

speed creams are the best thing for it.

you can use thin machine oils. like sewing machine oil

never use anything for cleaning bearings that melts plastic such as ..petrol, accitones, thinners etc.
crc will dry your bearings out it will not libe them as some people think.

meths is the best Ive found for cleaning and bones speed creams are good for lube

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Permalink Reply by Dan Mactaggart on October 17, 2009 at 17:32

get some bones speed cream for 5 bucks from a loocal skateshop

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Permalink Reply by Ben Shane on October 18, 2009 at 23:58

I got some lithium bearing lubricant from a bike shop. it was thick white stuff and made the bearings run quiet. Didn't work very well though.. seemed to add resistance until "heated" up. =S

should have gone that extra mile for SKATE lubricant.. the bicycle stuff has a diff application i think.. or maybe my breaings were just dying anyway. haha

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Permalink Reply by SteveC on October 19, 2009 at 0:22

A large amount of bearing speed is in fact how thin the lubricant is.

however you trade longevity for it, so grease is generally better for a beater.
There's a few things that live in the middle too, but I use tri-flow on everything...

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Fitz on October 19, 2009 at 23:15

if you like cleaning bearings - thin oil like speed cream or singer oil.
if you hate cleaning bearings- grease
if you don't mind going a bit slower than fastest - grease
if you like going fast and hate cleaning bearings - too bad you're stuck with buying new ones all the time.

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Permalink Reply by Elliot O on October 20, 2009 at 21:00

thanks Fitz
gotcha

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Permalink Reply by Brad B on October 21, 2009 at 6:57

i've always used graphite powder - and almost never have to clean my bearings as it doesn't collect dirt/ dust/ grit ,)

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Permalink Reply by Elliot O on October 21, 2009 at 16:13

what as lube?
how would that work?
where do you buy it from?

Brad B said:

i've always used graphite powder - and almost never have to clean my bearings as it doesn't collect dirt/ dust/ grit ,)

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Permalink Reply by Brad B on October 21, 2009 at 17:43

It's a "dry" lubricant - used in padlocks and other precision devices where you don't want grit to collect. Every hardware carries it - I've had/used my (same) container for 20+ years so don't use much else ,)
pretty much the same compound that you find in a pencil.

Murdox said:

what as lube?
how would that work?
where do you buy it from?

Brad B said:

i've always used graphite powder - and almost never have to clean my bearings as it doesn't collect dirt/ dust/ grit ,)

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Permalink Reply by Ben Shane on October 22, 2009 at 12:35

Oh.. a guy at the hardware store tried to sell it to me but i was like "what? dry lubricant? err.. no thanks"

how does it feel compared to normal lube?

Brad B said:

It's a "dry" lubricant - used in padlocks and other precision devices where you don't want grit to collect. Every hardware carries it - I've had/used my (same) container for 20+ years so don't use much else ,)
pretty much the same compound that you find in a pencil.

Murdox said:

what as lube?
how would that work?
where do you buy it from?

Brad B said:

i've always used graphite powder - and almost never have to clean my bearings as it doesn't collect dirt/ dust/ grit ,)

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