I just push the grease in until theres a bit of resistance, then i figure theres enough in!
That's what i'll do next time. When I did it first time the grease came out all over the place- including between the casette and the hub body.
I just push the grease in until theres a bit of resistance, then i figure theres enough in!
531colin wrote:mark a. wrote:Does anyone have a picture of a hub with a drilled grease port? I'm struggling to visualise where it would go (not having done a cup and cone bearing for a few years) so that it allows grease into the bearings without messing up their nice smooth surface to run against.
Drill the centre of the hub between the 2 hub flanges that take the spokes. The grease runs left and right to the wheel bearings. Or possibly to the freewheel mechanism!
mark a. wrote:
Ah, I see. Presumably this means that you need to take the wheel apart to do this? I'll need to learn wheel building before I give that a go.
hamish wrote:
That's what i'll do next time. When I did it first time the grease came out all over the place- including between the casette and the hub body.
you must have pushed it a bit
PaulS wrote:I've just drilled one of my bikes this weekend. I stripped the hubs down as normal, and then drilled the holes. Inside the rear hub is an extra (reinforcing) thickness of aluminium so I had to keep the hole away from that.
Mick F wrote:Which grease-gun is used to get grease into a tiny hole in the hubs?
I see that SJS has a couple but they seem to take a tube.
I have grease in big tubs, is there a small grease gun that you can refill that will reach a hole in a hub?