A chat about lubricants

A chat about suitable lubricants for oil-type Sturmey Archer gear hubs.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Sturmey
• Archer
• gear
• hub
• oil
• lubricant

[Fratern8]

Please don't use 3-in-1 oil in a door lock! Locks should be lubricated with locksmith's graphite, not wet oil!

[GrahamNR17]

@Fratern8 My grandad always used to say "When some who knows tells you something, shut up and listen!" On that basis, I shall acquire locksmith's graphite immediately. Thanks 'Fratern8' :-)

[daveru5h]

Excellent video, thanks for the insight regarding the different qualities of the lubricants

[GrahamNR17]

@daveru5h You're most welcome, glad you found it useful. Nice Moulton by the way, though I'm undecided on the clown outfit!

[noglider]

I love this and your other videos.

I've been using automatic transmission fluid on bicycles lately. I learned about it from other bike mechanics. My car mechanic says the nice property is that it holds small particles in suspension, which reduces wear. What do you think?

[GrahamNR17]

@noglider I'm not familiar enough with its properties to make a judgement. I'd be genuinely interested to hear about the hubs wear rate over the next 1, 5 and 10 years though. ATF has many properties of no use in a hub gear, but so long as the lubrication content is up to snuff, then I imagine it'll work ok.

[sunstoner]

great video would something like 10w 40 work? or 15w40 diesel work?

[noglider]

@GrahamNR17 I don't get to work on many gear hubs, but I'm using ATF all over bikes, particularly on chains. So far, so good. It's also dirt cheap.

[chagzuki]

@GrahamNR17 Hey, if you have an X-RF5 lying around feel free to educate me and the rest of the world on the inner workings with another great video; I'm looking for diagrams online and not finding much, and I'm struggling to interpret what I've found so far.