That's an excellent plan. Good thing I've got a quart of synthetic oil! Philip
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:39:45 AM UTC-7, William wrote: > > Service it 27 times today, and then you can blow it off for another two > years. > > On Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:30:49 AM UTC-7, Philip Williamson wrote: >> >> Huh. My 1999 King-built "Bontrager" Hubs have been adjusted once, early >> in their life. Am I 23 services behind, or do the older hubs not need this? >> I did look up the King service guidelines a while ago, and they recommend >> either their own oil ($9 for 1.2 ounces), or synthetic motor oil ($7/quart >> - good for 320 overhauls). >> >> Philip >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:40:35 PM UTC-7, benzzoy wrote: >>> >>> On Mar 21, 2:26 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:25 PM, sanjoser <thomas.savar...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > > I've been advised that my chris king hubs are fine, so long as they >>> get serviced >>> > > every six months, so I guess I'll keep those, but everything else is >>> up for >>> > > change. >>> > >>> > You have to service your hubs every 6 months?? >>> > >>> > that seems... excessive. >>> >>> For those not familiar with Chris King hubs, that "service" refers to >>> relubricating the RingDrive freewheeling mechanism every 6 to 12 >>> months. This isn't at all hard and all one needs are normal hand tools >>> and a bottle of Chris King RingDrive lubricant. OK, so you do need >>> that proprietary Chris King hub preload adjustment tool that's about >>> $25, but this is a 5-minute job and is distinctively not like >>> servicing a classic loose-ball hub. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/NV8DFaoHDlsJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
