Timeline for What is the equivalent for Shimano Roller Brake grease?
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| Apr 2 at 7:29 | answer | added | Brian | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 10:07 | history | edited | Ted Hohl | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2023 at 9:43 | answer | added | Bob H | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 30, 2021 at 21:46 | comment | added | Max Power | "W" is NGLI 1 (less thickener than #2, I like #1 greases for bicycle wheel bearing and BB, but it is slightly more prone to slump and slight oozing under high vibration.) "Getriebefliessfett" is semifluid NGLI 00 or 000 for use in enclosed gears where the gaskets leak too much fluid oils, no purpose in bicycles. "High temp" is not needed. Regular and "w" target lower speeds, high contact pressure, tacky, excellent corrosion and water resistance, Ca thickener and 800cSt at 40c synthetic blend. (iso220[cSt@40c] is common in bearing greases, appx sae90 gearoil) Little else useful on the TDS/PDS. | |
| Sep 30, 2021 at 21:00 | comment | added | Max Power | @JoeK it was Autol Top 2000, but I don't recall which version (Normal, W, High Temp, or Getriebefliessfett ) and being in the USA and a not a speaker of deutch it is difficult for me to get technical product data sheets. My research was in 2012. It has a very high viscosity base oil (bicycle ball bearings are considered low speed regarding lubrication) and I forget what might have been special about the thickener and additive package. | |
| Jun 30, 2021 at 3:45 | comment | added | MaplePanda | @JoeK Should be Motorex Bike Grease 2000. That in itself may be a rebranded industrial grease though. | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 18:20 | comment | added | Noise | @max-power what was that German dura-ace type grease you found? Thanks. | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 18:18 | comment | added | Noise | @krzyski the only grease i have seen that looks identical is supplied with vehicle cv boot kits. It clearly needs to withstand very high temperature. | |
| Jun 29, 2021 at 15:59 | answer | added | kuzavas | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 4, 2021 at 16:35 | answer | added | erkmagoosh | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 7, 2020 at 10:06 | answer | added | Henry | timeline score: -1 | |
| Apr 9, 2019 at 21:23 | answer | added | ilya | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 15, 2017 at 15:58 | vote | accept | krzyski | ||
| Dec 15, 2017 at 15:44 | answer | added | JohnP | timeline score: 7 | |
| Aug 28, 2017 at 4:58 | comment | added | alex | Interesting. Not even close to conclusive, but I would guess some flavour of moly/cv grease. Cheers, @krzyski. | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 22:18 | comment | added | krzyski | @alex tube (sam as on the picture) appears to be semi transparent. Grease is dark gray, black. | |
| Aug 25, 2017 at 7:23 | comment | added | krzyski | @alex sorry to say, I haven't even opened the tube since then. The tube is black. I will check the colour today evening (UTC + 2). | |
| Aug 24, 2017 at 6:41 | comment | added | alex | @krzyski What colour is the grease you bought? Yellow, red, white, or black? | |
| Jan 12, 2017 at 1:06 | comment | added | krzyski | Thanks to all for comments. I've bought original grease shortly after posting this question:) | |
| Jan 11, 2017 at 22:30 | comment | added | Max Power | I managed to find the source grease that Shimano relabels as "dura-ace"(for general bearing uses) and the white paper specs show the base oil in it is very well suited for bike ball bearing conditions, but I am in the western USA and would need to import it from a German supplier so the cost savings really isn't there unless I was part of a shop or club and consuming/reselling enough grease to import a whole case. Probably a similar situation for the roller brake grease. | |
| Nov 24, 2016 at 19:11 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/801865720149643264 | ||
| Nov 24, 2016 at 12:11 | comment | added | Emyr | Shimano don't seem to publish any MSDS on their websites, but your local distributor might have one. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 23:40 | comment | added | krzyski | @Criggie The warranty is already void - it expired years ago :) But good point for those, whose bikes are new. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 23:38 | comment | added | krzyski | @DavidRicherby good question.Maybe someone knows what this grease is made from. Having this information I would trust any other grease identical or highly similar in composition. Second option is to hear someone "trusty" (high rep) saying: I've been using "equiv X" for years and observed no loss in performance. I would not probaby use the equiv, because I've ordered dedicated stuff. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | Batman | I'd start by looking at a MSDS sheet or something. As for an alternative, I doubt you go through enough of the stuff that it makes a real cost difference. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 18:51 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | There's a question of warranty too - if you use anything else, any warranty may be voided. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 17:38 | comment | added | David Richerby | @krzyski And how will you become convinced that the alternative grease really is as good as the original? | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 10:23 | comment | added | krzyski | @Criggie don't worry:) I will not use anything else without being convinced that equivalent will work at least as good as the original, and so I recommend to any question reader in the future. I asked partly to get to know what that grease really is, and if it is just plain ceramic grease. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 10:03 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | I wouldn't mess around with brakes - its the wrong place to be saving money. Just use the right stuff. | |
| Nov 22, 2016 at 8:16 | history | asked | krzyski | CC BY-SA 3.0 |