Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!wunder From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP (wunder ) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Freewheel Maintenance Message-ID: <418@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Sep-84 01:21:55 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.418 Posted: Thu Sep 20 01:21:55 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 02:48:24 EDT Lines: 0 Nf-ID: #R:astrovax:-42300:wdl1:3000004:000:974 Nf-From: wdl1!wunder Sep 13 21:57:00 1984 My Suntour "Perfect" freewheel once came unscrewed, dropping all of its 1/8" bearings on the pavement. I bought some new ones, smeared everything with Gunslick, and reassembled it. It was astoundingly quiet when freewheeling. The chain meshing with the spockets made more noise than the freewheel ratchet. In fact, I had to buy a bicycle bell to warn pedestrians (I used to just coast for a moment). Naturally, the bell rattles, so I never have to actually ring it. Anyway, the freewheel is still (three years later) in fine shape, although the ratchet now makes a little noise, instead of none. Not bad for Suntour's cheapest freewheel. Gunslick is a light grease that is packed full of graphite. A small tube will cost you fifty cents at a gun store or hardware store, lots cheaper than the Phill Wood thingo. It is a really neat lubricant for all kinds of weird objects (Kept a hamster wheel quiet for 5 years worth of hamsters with one application). wunderwood