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Old shop guy told me to stop using Park Tool chain whip grease. I rolled my eyes for 6 months.
He said it gunks up the freehub pawls over time and causes skipping. I figured he was just being a grumpy old timer. Then I had a customer's bike come back three times with a sticky freehub. Cleaned all that grease out of the ratcheting mechanism and it's been fine every since. Any of you guys just use a dry lube or thin oil on the chain whip instead?
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blair_davis502d agoMost Upvoted
Jumped down a rabbit hole with this same logic last week. Realized the whole "specialized tool needs special grease" thing is just marketing fluff. Like when my buddy spent $40 on "ceramic chain lube" for his road bike and I just hit mine with triflow and it runs perfectly fine. People overthink this stuff. A little drop of light oil on the chain whip threads or just running it dry is plenty. The old guy was probably onto something with keeping things simple and not gunking up the works.
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