Tom, Rod, et al:
Those oil ports are there to allow you to run the bearings in an oil bath with no grease. You might want to do that for a short time trial where every reduction in friction is important. I've been told, and certainly believe, that the oil will not stay in the hub very long.
Rick "no time trials, anymore" Chasteen, Kansas City
>
> With a fine-point grease gun you can pump grease through the ports on
Campy dust caps, but back when those hubs were current issue, bike people
hadn't really discovered grease guns. I've been told that the reason for
the ports was to allow pumping a few drops of oil into the bearing to loosen
up the grease if the hub had sat unused for some time. I never tried this
myself, preferring to overhaul a hub if the grease thickened up.
> Tom Dalton
> Bethlehem, PA
> handsfie@aol.com wrote: I was just wondering if anybody uses the oil
ports to lube their Campy Hubs?
> Were they designed to be used without grease? Oil only? Rod Handsfield,
MD.
> Las Vegas