Repairing an old bike – should the cassette be this dry?
It's an old freewheeling cassette. Dismantled it to regrease the bearings and while it span freely enough, it looks quite dry. Should it have a lot more grease in there, or is this "sufficient"m
Do you mean you put some grease on there, spun it around a bunch, and now it doesn’t look as packed with grease as before? That’s normal. I usually go by sound and feel. If it’s smooth enough without any unnatural noises, it’s good to go. I believe there is such a thing as too much grease too, so better to not pack it in too much.
dunncrew on
Looks like a freewheel, not cassette. It almost never makes sense to open them. Just dribble some light oil in while slowly spinning backwards.
Working-Promotion728 on
you would not want thick grease in there gumming up the pawls as the click. it’s tricky to find the right one, but you want something thick enough that it will stay in there and thin enough to move freely among all the tiny little moving bits.
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Do you mean you put some grease on there, spun it around a bunch, and now it doesn’t look as packed with grease as before? That’s normal. I usually go by sound and feel. If it’s smooth enough without any unnatural noises, it’s good to go. I believe there is such a thing as too much grease too, so better to not pack it in too much.
Looks like a freewheel, not cassette. It almost never makes sense to open them. Just dribble some light oil in while slowly spinning backwards.
you would not want thick grease in there gumming up the pawls as the click. it’s tricky to find the right one, but you want something thick enough that it will stay in there and thin enough to move freely among all the tiny little moving bits.
Short answer: a cassette should always be dry.