Lube For Ceramic Bearings

From boca s site.

Lube for ceramic bearings.

For ceramic hybrid and full ceramic bearings grease is recommended but not required. Very little is needed typically four drops in front bearings and eight in the rears. If you re going to spend the ridiculous sum for ceramic bearings get the lube specified or recommended by the manufacturer of the bb. The grease in a bearing will help capture dirt and particulates and keep them away from rolling elements of the bearing.

In addition to being excellent electric insulators hybrid bearings have a higher speed capability and will provide longer service life than all steel bearings in most applications. Not high temperature jet bearing lube not the cheapest lube you can stuff in there not general bicycle grease. This lubricant is not intended for use with tapered roller bearings. Lube cannot be absorbed by metal.

The ld lube dry spec from boca does not refer to a dry lube being added. It is suitable for lower horsepower applications such as go karts bandoleros quarter midgets etc. If you choose to run ceramic hybrid and full ceramic bearings wihtout grease then more frequent cleaning is recommended. Mrc hybrid ceramic ball bearings use a combination of traditional 52100 steel rings precision matched with silicon nitride ceramic balls.

Lube can be added upon request all lubes are coatings without exception. Do i have a carbon fiber bike. Daylube utilizes nano ceramic particles that act as sub microscopic bearings providing continuous lubrication to steel surfaces. All ceramic orange seal fishing reel bearings are supplied lube dry ld without any grease or oil.

Petroleum or ptfe teflon based bicycle greases can cause damage to carbon fiber bicycles so make sure you have a carbon safe grease on hand. Bearings gears chains and more can now be run completely dry no more mess. Bicycles that have ceramic bearings need ceramic grease or ceramic safe grease to maximize performance as well as protect the bearings from unnecessary wear. Failing that a quality ceramic bicycle grease by a trusted brand like finish line pedro s etc.

100 synthetic and microblue enhanced. Dayton s daylube nanoceramic lubricating grease is a leading edge extremely high performance lubricant that has a wide range of applications. Ceramic bearings are beneficial in environments not requiring grease lubrication says lew.