chris folder
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Hi 
do any of you put lube your chain pusher?
do any of you put lube your chain pusher?
Chain pusher
- Thread starter chris folder
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I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
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- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
Yes.
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- The TerrorVortex
Yes, or it will eventually stop working. DAMHIKT.
Kell
Veteran
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- High Wycombe/London
I'm planning on taking mine all apart this weekend and re-lubing everything as the chain pusher and cogs are full of sludge again.
I might actually film the crap that comes out of them as I'm sure most people didn't believe me last time.
I might actually film the crap that comes out of them as I'm sure most people didn't believe me last time.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
What's a chain pusher?
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Now I'm worried about who @Kell's going to take apart and what the film might show.The person in the saddle - ?
Kell
Veteran
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- High Wycombe/London
chris folder
Well-Known Member
Hi my pusher is not functioning right not pushing idler wheel over enough I have adjusted cable and pusher screws but still not changeing gears fast enough muck builds up around it thought could be that but i have cleaned it and still not right i will try lube on the pusher then w.end
DaveReading
Don't suffer fools gladly (must try harder!)
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- Reading, obvs
Not having a Brompton, I had to Google it too:
https://trade.brompton.com/Uploads/QPart/QPart-Datasheets/ds-chpu.pdf
- Location
- The TerrorVortex
They're not too tricky to take apart and clean up, but don't use isopropyl to degrease them as it seems to make the plastic brittle. Again, DAMHIKT...
chris folder
Well-Known Member
Ok i will try just lube on chain pusher
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- The TerrorVortex
The limit screws shouldn't need tweaking IME, it's the sliding jockey wheel that stopped sliding from side to side for me. My two most used gears were done with just the pusher, so it was a major issue when it got stuck.
Kell
Veteran
- Location
- High Wycombe/London
Yeah. I’ve made that mistake before. Overtightened the selector. But i’ve Also done the opposite and left it too loose and lost the bolt. 
Anyway, here’s how I get the crud out. I’ve got a small flat head screwdriver that fits in the slots in the jockey wheels. Push it through and it pushes up all the built up grime.
In my case, in London, it’s a collection of road grime and, I think, sand from Hyde Park that makes it into an almost perfect grinding paste.
Anyway vid as promised. Dull as feck, but interesting to see how much crap comes out.
View: https://youtu.be/E4nh0aEiBeI
Anyway, here’s how I get the crud out. I’ve got a small flat head screwdriver that fits in the slots in the jockey wheels. Push it through and it pushes up all the built up grime.
In my case, in London, it’s a collection of road grime and, I think, sand from Hyde Park that makes it into an almost perfect grinding paste.
Anyway vid as promised. Dull as feck, but interesting to see how much crap comes out.
View: https://youtu.be/E4nh0aEiBeI
