Lubrication on new parts?

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ren531

Über Member
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Lancaster uk
Having just built up a new bike with new pedals axles etc what is the general concensus on the factory applied grease on moving parts is it worth opening them up to see/apply more, asking because I have just removed the dust caps from the pedals and there seems very little grease in there at all.
 

ianrauk

Tattooed Beat Messiah
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Rides Ti2
Yep, worth the bother in my humble opinion and experience.
Shimano hubs for example are terrible for a lack of factory applied grease.
 

sleuthey

Legendary Member
I ride in all weathers so I grease the BB threads to prevent them seizing. What I don’t grease or lube when new is cables - clean n dry is my approach otherwise it attracts muck.
 

Ming the Merciless

There is no mercy
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Inside my skull
Haven’t done it on pedals, but yes on wheel hubs etc. I also grease non moving bolts to stop them seizing. Every bolt gets undone and regreased once a year, hubs inspected etc. Make sure you’ve greased the pedal threads as well. You don’t want those seizing.
 
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Petrichorwheels

Senior Member
Yep, worth the bother in my humble opinion and experience.
Shimano hubs for example are terrible for a lack of factory applied grease.

agreed, definitely on hubs - god knows what shimano (who I generally think highly of) are up to - I know we are talking massive volumes so their savings must add up, but still.
Any new hub of mine is taken apart - including on hand-built wheels, as the wheel builders are of course using off-the-shelf hubs - wouldn't expect them to take them apart.
I also take apart and check new headsets.
also a good idea with pedals, though sometimes takes me a while to get round to.
 
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ren531

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Lancaster uk
Yes I was using lube as a generalised meaning, its really grease on any bearing surfaces, but having had a better look everything bar the pedal axles are sealed bearings anyway.
 
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