how often do people overhaul there ‘guts’?
What type of greasing needs to be done?
Do the bearings (I’ve never actually looked at them) need a special tool to get at? Any special tools for anything?
Thanks
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
That’s funny you ask this now. Last night 3 of us completely disassembled
our KH24s and cleaned and reassembled, greasing everything. How often you do
it depends on your riding style (frequency and how much you do in the
water). My unicycle is 2 months old and it was high time to do this
maintenance. It has gone through many rivers and uncountable puddles. I
don’t know how many hours of riding, but a lot. We didn’t have to flush the
brakes, but did have to take them off so we could remove the wheeel.
Basically just take it all apart, grease everything and put it back
together. It took just over 3 hours and is much more fun in a group. Make
sure you have all the right tools.
—Nathan
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> how often do people overhaul there ‘guts’?
> What type of greasing needs to be done?
> Do the bearings (I’ve never actually looked at them) need a special tool
> to get at? Any special tools for anything?
> Thanks
Nathan,
I know this sounds silly to ask, but what if you never re-grease your unicycle? What then? If I had not happened to have my glance stray across this post, I might never have cleaned any of mine. 
Lewis
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
If I never grease my unicycle it will freeze up solid in a mass of dirt
and rust within a few months. But if you ride indoors for instance, you
don’t have much of a problem with this and your maintenance might need doing
every couple of years or something. The Profile cranks especially seem to
need more frequent work.
—Nathan
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> Nathan,
>
> I know this sounds silly to ask, but what if you never re-grease your
> unicycle? What then? If I had not happened to have my glance stray
> across this post, I might never have cleaned any of mine.
>
> Lewis
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
“Nathan Hoover” <nathan@movaris.com> wrote in
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> If I never grease my unicycle it will freeze up solid in a mass of
> dirt and rust within a few months. But if you ride indoors for
> instance, you don’t have much of a problem with this and your
> maintenance might need doing every couple of years or something. The
> Profile cranks especially seem to need more frequent work.
>
What exactly do you grease? Can you use sealed bearings and not have to
grease them? What does the Profile setup need usually?
John
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
I grease both sides of all the spacers, the bearing inner and outer
surfaces, the splines (alot), the end screw (alot) and aluminum piece that
it sits against, the pedal threads, anything that moves or has threads. I am
using sealed bearings so of course I don’t touch these internally. Before
greasing each part you clean it with a rag. The whole setup just loves this
treatment.
We are trying a new (to me) type of grease that Bronson found. It’s called
Johnny Snot. Very nice stuff - comes in a syringe.
—Nathan
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> “Nathan Hoover” <nathan@movaris.com> wrote in
> news:a80cmt$au5@dispatch.concentric.net:
>
> > If I never grease my unicycle it will freeze up solid in a mass of
> > dirt and rust within a few months. But if you ride indoors for
> > instance, you don’t have much of a problem with this and your
> > maintenance might need doing every couple of years or something. The
> > Profile cranks especially seem to need more frequent work.
> >
>
> What exactly do you grease? Can you use sealed bearings and not have to
> grease them? What does the Profile setup need usually?
>
> John
Re: Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
Are you using that grease on the splines?
I used liberal amounts of Finish Line Ti Prep (the copper colored anti seize stuff) on my Profile cranks. I would think the anti seize stuff would work better in the splines than grease. The anti seize claims to be waterproof so I’m hoping that it will protect well against rust and water contamination. I’m new to the Profile setup so I’m still trying to figure out what kind of lube works best.
The Ti Prep comes in a syringe too.
john_childs
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
Yes I have the Ti Prep too, but I figure grease is good everywhere.
Originally I had Ti Prep on the splines, but it is definitely not any sort
of magic anti-creak substance! Keep experimenting and report back to the
newsgroup with your results. Check out Johnny Snot sometime - very good
stuff.
—Nathan
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>
> Nathan Hoover wrote:
> > *I grease both sides of all the spacers, the bearing inner and outer
> > surfaces, the splines (alot), the end screw (alot) and aluminum piece
> > that it sits against, the pedal threads, anything that moves or has
> > threads. I am using sealed bearings so of course I don’t touch these
> > internally. Before greasing each part you clean it with a rag. The
> > whole setup just loves this treatment.
> >
> > We are trying a new (to me) type of grease that Bronson found. It’s
> > called Johnny Snot. Very nice stuff - comes in a syringe.
> >
> > —Nathan
> > *
> Are you using that grease on the splines?
>
> I used liberal amounts of Finish Line Ti Prep (the copper colored anti
> seize stuff) on my Profile cranks. I would think the anti seize stuff
> would work better in the splines than grease. The anti seize claims to
> be waterproof so I’m hoping that it will protect well against rust and
> water contamination. I’m new to the Profile setup so I’m still trying
> to figure out what kind of lube works best.
>
> The Ti Prep comes in a syringe too.
>
> john_childs
Re: hub/axle/bearing maintenance?
Greetings
After Carl Hoyer’s return from his recent California MUni trip, riding in
the rain and dirt, I helped him take apart - clean - and reassemble his KH
MUni.
I use a silver anti-seige goop on all Profile hub/crank sets I assemble. It
is the same as the tiny tube of gold goop that comes with the hub set. That
small tube that comes with the set only lasts once or twice.
This anti-seige goop works way better than grease. It is made by the same
people as Loctite.
Anyone with a Profile hub/crank set should have a bottle. It even has a
brush attached to the cap. You can get it at automotive parts stores. They
use it on brake hardware and other things. It’s great. It sells for 5 or 10
dollars for a bottle that will last for years.
Use it all over the spines, washers and threads. You won’t have any problems
taking them off and they won’t rust.
You may look like the TIN MAN from Wizard of Oz afterwards if you get it on
your hands. It comes off easy with soap and water.
Get some and silence that creaking.
Darren
john_childs wrote:
> Nathan Hoover wrote:
> > *I grease both sides of all the spacers, the bearing inner and outer
> > surfaces, the splines (alot), the end screw (alot) and aluminum piece
> > that it sits against, the pedal threads, anything that moves or has
> > threads. I am using sealed bearings so of course I don’t touch these
> > internally. Before greasing each part you clean it with a rag. The
> > whole setup just loves this treatment.
> >
> > We are trying a new (to me) type of grease that Bronson found. It’s
> > called Johnny Snot. Very nice stuff - comes in a syringe.
> >
> > —Nathan
> > *
> Are you using that grease on the splines?
>
> I used liberal amounts of Finish Line Ti Prep (the copper colored anti
> seize stuff) on my Profile cranks. I would think the anti seize stuff
> would work better in the splines than grease. The anti seize claims to
> be waterproof so I’m hoping that it will protect well against rust and
> water contamination. I’m new to the Profile setup so I’m still trying
> to figure out what kind of lube works best.
>
> The Ti Prep comes in a syringe too.
>
> john_childs
>
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Who em I to give advice to these guys? If I am working with
grease, I just grab two rubber gloves from my bag of rubber gloves that I bought at the paint department of my local home improvement center for a couple of bucks. No more cleaning with turpintine on the hands or even straight palmolive which tears up the skin.
Just peal and dump in the trash.
BTW I have been riding my Muni for 9 months and haven’t cleaned
the bearings yet. But my riding is usually practicing around the neighborhood and the off road riding usually constitutes dry dirt single track or fire roads. Do I still need to clean em up?
Work the maze.