In a message dated 11/29/2002 3:08:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, tsan7759142@attbi.com writes:
> While you're at the boating supply store shopping for brass wool take a look
> at the grease available. The venerable and all knowing bike mechanic I use
> has been using outboard motor grease on my bikes. He swears it will never
> thicken up, wash out or anything else. He says it should last the rest of
> my life! From anyone else I would raise an eyebrow, but I have never seen
> this guy wrong about anything when it comes to bikes.
>
I will respectfully disagree with the mechanic. Most(all?) of the applications on a bike don't stress the grease in it's assigned task of lubricating the components. Water, dirt, wear products(there's a reason you can see where the balls were running through the races). are what cause the problems. I'm not saying all greases are the same as I don't buy into that for a moment, but I'd still do regular teardowns as deemed appropriate by me based on usage and conditions. My 2 cents.
Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA